Why it works: Whey and milk work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 63 recipes. Both carry ethyl caproate, which smells fruity, apple peel. The science ↓
To Manage Cream for Whey Butter
Ingredients
Directions
Set the whey aside for one day and night.
Skim the whey until you have enough.
Boil the whey and pour it into a pan or two of cold water.
As the cream rises, skim it until no more comes.
Churn the cream to make butter.
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 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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Whey + milktop 20% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together63 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
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