Name: Blanc Mange with Cupid Sauce
Ingredients: Blanc mange (prepared as per previous recipe); Candy cupid; Sun-preserved strawberries; 2 tablespoons butter; ⅓ cup sugar; 1 egg white

Why it works: Butter and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and 118,967 recipes mention both. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Blanc Mange with Cupid Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the blanc mange according to the previous recipe and pour it into cups to cool.
Before serving, turn the molds upside down onto a platter.
Place a candy cupid on top of each blanc mange.
In a bowl, mix sun-preserved strawberries, butter, sugar, and the egg white beaten to stiff froth.
If the sauce is too rich, add a little water.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together118,967 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + sugartop 17% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together98,233 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Sugar + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together122,807 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).