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A Plainer White Soup

A light veal broth thickened with milk, cream, and ground rice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and rice are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,374 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

A Plainer White Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Make the broth

  1. In a pot, combine the knuckle of veal and water.

  2. Season to taste and bring to a boil.

  3. Simmer until the veal is tender.

  4. Remove the veal and strain the broth.

Thicken and serve

  1. Return the broth to the pot and add the milk.

  2. Stir in the cream and ground rice to thicken.

  3. Heat gently until warmed through.

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. Milk + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

  2. Milk + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,399 recipes

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

  3. Veal + ricetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,119 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Cream + ricetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,399 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Veal + milktop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,013 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal knuckle
Gives the broth its body and savory flavor as it simmers in water.
Milk
Adds creaminess and a mild sweetness to the soup.
Cream
Adds richness and a smooth, fat-based mouthfeel.
Ground rice
Starch that thickens the soup as it heats.

The step that matters

Heat gently until warmed through. Once milk and cream are added, high heat or boiling can make dairy separate or scorch and thin the texture. Gentle heat keeps the soup smooth while the ground rice thickens it.

“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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