Why it works: Truffle and pheasant work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 133 recipes. Both carry octanal, which smells fat, soap. The science ↓
Game Pie, with Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the pie crust and fill it with cooked game.
If using, add truffles or mushrooms for flavor.
Once the pie is assembled, pour jelly through the hole at the top.
Chill the pie until set 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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Truffle + pheasanttop 14% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together133 recipes
Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).
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