Why it works: Cream and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,787 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Boiled Pheasant
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the pheasant in water until fully cooked, similar to how you would boil a chicken.
Serve the boiled pheasant with cream sauce.
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.
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Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together4,787 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Pheasant + creamtop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together112 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
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Pheasant + saucetop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together290 recipes
Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).
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What each ingredient does
- Pheasant
- Is the main protein; boiling cooks it through and makes the meat tender and moist.
- Cream sauce
- Adds richness and moisture to the lean boiled meat.
The step that matters
Boil the pheasant until fully cooked. Pheasant is a lean game bird, and undercooked poultry can carry foodborne bacteria. Cooking it fully through, with the centre reaching a safe temperature, matters more than the exact time. Overcooking in a rolling boil can make the meat dry and stringy.
“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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