Why it works: Turkey and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,592 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓
Turkey Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the turkey bones in enough water to cover them for one hour.
Stir in a little dressing and the beaten egg.
Remove from heat and let the water stop boiling.
Add a little butter, pepper, and coarse sea salt to taste.
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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Turkey + buttertop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,592 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,636 recipes
Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
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Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together85,593 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Turkey + eggtop 31% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together846 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
- Turkey bones
- Give the broth its main meaty flavour as they simmer in the water.
- Dressing
- Adds savoury seasoning and body to the broth.
- Beaten egg
- Stirred in to set into soft strands and add richness to the soup.
The step that matters
Stirring in the beaten egg off the heat. Egg proteins set quickly when hot liquid is added to them. Stirring the egg in while the water is still boiling can cook it into lumps. Removing the pot from heat first lets it set gently into fine strands.
“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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