Why it works: Butter and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 118,967 recipes mention both. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Pate Brisee
Ingredients
Directions
The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.
Roll out the pate brisee very thin.
Butter ten little tin molds and line them with the paste.
Prick a few holes in the bottom of each mold.
Send the molds to a hot oven at 400°F (200°C) until done.
Remove from the molds and brush the outsides with beaten egg.
Return to the oven for five minutes.
Remove flour from the insides using a small, dry brush.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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