Why it works: Milk and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 88,465 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Vermicelli Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the vermicelli
Boil the vermicelli for 6 minutes, then drain.
Place the vermicelli in cold water for a few minutes, then drain again.
Make the soup
In a saucepan, combine the vermicelli and milk, and bring to a boil.
In a bowl, beat the egg yolks with a little milk.
Once the saucepan boils, remove it from the heat and slowly add the egg mixture, stirring well.
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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Milk + eggtop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together88,465 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Vermicelli
- Forms the body of the soup, giving it substance and a noodle-like bite.
- Milk
- Makes up the liquid base and gives the soup its creamy, mild flavour.
- Egg yolks
- Enrich the soup and thicken it slightly when gently combined with the hot milk.
The step that matters
Adding the egg mixture. Egg yolks can curdle or scramble if they meet very hot liquid directly. Removing the saucepan from the heat and adding the yolks slowly while stirring gently tempers them, so the soup stays smooth and lightly thickened.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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