Why it works: Truffle and tomato work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 242 recipes. Both carry 1-nonanal, which smells fatty, waxy. The science ↓
A Croustade Cup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare a rich ragout of game by cutting it into small pieces and removing the bones.
Add 2 to 3 sliced truffles to the ragout.
Fill the croustades paste with the ragout mixture.
Garnish the dish with small stuffed tomatoes.
Serve hot.
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.
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Truffle + tomatotop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together242 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).
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