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Rose Petal Sandwiches

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Rose Petal Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pack fresh unsalted butter in a closed container surrounded by a thick layer of rose leaves. Allow to infuse overnight.

  2. Cut the bread into thin strips or circles.

  3. Spread each slice with the perfumed butter.

  4. Place several fresh rose petals between the slices, allowing the edges to show.

  5. Optionally, use angel cake spread with jelly made from rose leaves or orange marmalade.

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. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Butter + rosetop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Rose + breadtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together153 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

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