Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓
Breakfast Dish
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Assemble
Layer the cut-up fowl in a baking dish, adding slices of bacon between the layers.
Season with pepper, coarse sea salt, and chopped parsley.
Dissolve the gelatine in boiling water and pour it over the fowl.
Bake and serve
Cover and bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven for 30 to 45 minutes.
Garnish with additional parsley before serving.
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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Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together34,122 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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What each ingredient does
- Cooked fowl
- Forms the main body of the dish, providing the meat that the other ingredients support.
- Bacon
- Renders fat into the fowl, adding savoury flavour and helping keep the meat moist.
- Gelatine
- Sets as it cools into a savoury jelly that binds the pieces together and keeps them moist.
The step that matters
Dissolve the gelatine in boiling water. Gelatine must dissolve completely before pouring. Undissolved granules do not hydrate, so the liquid sets unevenly and the jelly can turn grainy or patchy.
“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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