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Rissoles, Sweet

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Rissoles, Sweet

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Roll out the pastry and cut it into small rounds.

  2. Place a spoonful of jam or marmalade in the center of each round.

  3. Cover with another round of pastry and press the edges securely.

  4. Brush the tops with beaten egg.

  5. Add a small ring of pastry on top and brush with egg again.

  6. Bake on a baking tray in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) for about 20 minutes.

  7. Once set, remove from the oven and sift powdered sugar over them.

  8. Return to the oven for a few more minutes.

  9. Serve on a neatly folded napkin.

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. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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