Why it works: Chicken and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 19,958 recipes mention both. Both carry piperonal, which smells bitter, coconut. The science ↓
Crème De Volaille a LA Plasmon
Ingredients
Directions
In a saucepan, combine chicken broth and Plasmon. Stir until well mixed.
Heat the mixture over medium heat until it begins to simmer.
Add cream, salt, and pepper to taste. Stir well.
Serve hot as a soup or sauce.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Chicken + peppertop 16% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together19,958 recipes
Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).
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Cream + peppertop 23% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together21,449 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
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Chicken + creamtop 23% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together6,241 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Cream and pepper share little aroma chemistry, yet 21,449 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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