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Roasted Partridges

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Laurel and orange work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 342 recipes. Both carry ethyl isobutyrate, which smells fruity, ethereal. The science ↓

Roasted Partridges

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Lard the partridges.

  2. Place a laurel leaf and pieces of orange inside each partridge.

  3. If omitting the laurel leaf, include orange pieces with the rind on.

  4. Remove the orange and laurel before serving.

  5. Do not over-roast the partridges.

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. Laurel + orangetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together342 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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