Name: Galettes De Riz
Ingredients: 2 yolks of eggs; 1 tablespoon orange-flower water or vanilla or grated lemon-peel or essence of ginger; 2 whites of eggs; milk (enough to boil); butter (for greasing the dish)

Why it works: Milk and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Galettes De Riz

Oven, in the book's wordsA rather brisk oven

Ingredients

2 yolks of eggs
1 tablespoon orange-flower water or vanilla or grated lemon-peel or essence of ginger
2 whites of eggs
milk (enough to boil)
butter (for greasing the dish)

Directions

The book says “a rather brisk oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Beat the yolks of the eggs with the orange-flower water or other flavoring in a bowl.
Boil the milk in a saucepan.
Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl until firm.
Combine the yolk mixture with the milk, then gently fold in the beaten egg whites.
Pour the mixture into a well-buttered pie dish.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) until puffed and golden.
Serve immediately to prevent it from deflating.

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.

Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Orange + milktop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,696 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Orange + buttertop 23% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,301 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).