Name: Fillets of Partridges; a LA Prince Albert
Ingredients: 4 young red-legged partridges; thin layers of fat bacon; white wine mirepoix; paper round; crayfish tails; partridge glaze; lobster coral; Allemande sauce

Why it works: Lobster and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,095 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Fillets of Partridges; a LA Prince Albert

Ingredients

Directions

Fillet the partridges, leaving the pinion bones on.
Trim the fillets neatly and lard them closely.
Line a pan with bacon and place the fillets inside.
Moisten with white wine mirepoix and cover with paper.
Braize over moderate heat or in the oven until nearly done.
Glaze the fillets nicely.
Arrange the fillets in a circle on a plate with a decorated fillet between each.
Fill the center with crayfish tails tossed in partridge glaze and lobster coral.
Pour Allemande sauce mixed with partridge wine around the dish and serve.

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.

Lobster + saucetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,095 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Crayfish + lobstertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together100 recipes

Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).
Crayfish + saucetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together195 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
White wine + crayfishtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together85 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
White wine + saucetop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together819 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).