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Quenelles De Rognons a LA Parmentier

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,737 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Quenelles De Rognons a LA Parmentier

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scald, skin, and finely slice the kidneys.

  2. Slice the mushrooms and chop the shallot.

  3. In a pan, melt the butter and sauté the shallot until soft.

  4. Add the kidneys and sauté for a few minutes over medium heat.

  5. Stir in the Marsala wine and Espagnole sauce, season with salt and nutmeg, and cook for a few more minutes.

  6. Add the chopped parsley and set aside until needed.

  7. Prepare the potatoes by peeling and shaping them for lining the quenelles.

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. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Parsley + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Mushroom + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Shallot + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,019 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mushroom + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, shallot, butter, wine, sauce, parsley, tomato):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, shallot, butter, wine, sauce, parsley, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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