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Farina Tartlets of Corn Meal

Small fried tartlets made from farina, butter, Parmesan, breadcrumbs, and eggs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Farina Tartlets of Corn Meal

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the tartlets

  1. Cook the farina until firm.

  2. Butter small tartlet molds and cool them.

  3. Fill the molds with farina, leaving space in the center.

  4. Fill the center with grated Parmesan and smooth the top.

  5. Cool the filled molds, then remove the tartlets.

Coat and fry

  1. Coat the tartlets in a mixture of half bread crumbs and half grated Parmesan.

  2. Dip in beaten eggs and coat again with the bread crumb mixture.

  3. Shape well and fry in hot lard until browned.

  4. Drain and serve hot on a napkin.

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. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  2. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  4. Parmesan cheese + breadtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together577 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Farina
Forms the firm cornmeal-style body that holds the tartlet's shape.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savory flavor and helps the filling and coating brown.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden outer crust when fried.
Eggs
Bind the bread crumb coating so it adheres to the tartlets.

The step that matters

Fry in hot lard until browned. If the lard is not hot enough, the coating absorbs fat and turns greasy instead of crisping. Fry only until golden, since the coating browns quickly and the filling is already set.

“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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