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Ramakins, with Ale or Wine

A baked pastry made from French roll crumbs, cream, cheese, butter, egg yolks, and ale or wine.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Ramakins, with Ale or Wine

Oven, in the book's wordsA gentle oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a gentle oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the mixture

  1. Soak the crumb of the French roll in boiling cream for a few minutes.

  2. In a mortar, combine the soaked crumb, grated cheese, and butter. Pound well.

  3. Beat in the whisked egg yolks and ale or wine until thoroughly mixed.

Bake and serve

  1. Fill small paper trays with the mixture.

  2. Bake in a gentle oven at 300°F (150°C) for 15 minutes.

  3. Serve very hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,645 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  4. Cream + cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Cheese + winetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

French roll crumb
Soaked in cream, it gives the mixture body and a soft, tender crumb.
Cheshire cheese
Adds rich savory flavor and, as it melts, helps the mixture set and brown.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth, tender texture.
Egg yolks
Bind the mixture and help it set into a custard-like texture when baked.
Ale or wine
Adds acidity and depth of flavor that balances the richness of the cheese and butter.

The step that matters

Bake in a gentle oven. Egg yolks set through gentle heat; a hot oven can overcook and curdle them, making the texture grainy and dry rather than smooth.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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