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Perigord Pie

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and marjoram match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,225 recipes. Both carry terpineol, which smells pine, woody. The science ↓

Perigord Pie

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Make a forcemeat with green truffles, herbs, liver, bacon, crumbs, fowl flesh, pepper, and salt.

  2. Lard the breasts of pheasants, partridges, woodcocks, or other birds with bacon.

  3. Cut the legs and wings from the backs and divide the backs.

  4. Season all parts with white pepper, Jamaica pepper, mace, and salt.

  5. Prepare a thick raised crust and line it with slices of bacon.

  6. Cover the bacon with stuffing and arrange the game parts and whole truffles on top.

  7. Add more stuffing among and over the game, ensuring not to overcrowd.

  8. Lay slices of fat bacon over the top and cover with a common crust.

  9. Bake slowly according to the size of the pie until fully cooked.

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. Thyme + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  2. Basil + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  3. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Parsley + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Basil + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (truffle, basil, thyme, parsley, marjoram, liver, bread):

  1. Winter savoryfits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against truffle, basil, thyme, parsley, marjoram, liver, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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