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 ↓
Paste Puffs
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.
Roll out the rich pastry dough and cut it with a biscuit cutter.
Place the cut pieces on a baking sheet.
Cut out smaller pieces of puff pastry the same size and cut a hole in the center of each.
Place the puff pastry over the dough, creating a rim.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) until golden brown.
Just before serving, fill the puffs with preserves.
If desired, brush the tops with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar before baking.
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 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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Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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