Why it works: Rice and wine are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,223 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓
Modern Cookery
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the thickening
Sift the rice flour through a fine sieve and blend it with salt and spices.
Gradually add enough liquid to create a smooth batter.
Beat the mixture with the back of a spoon until lumps disappear.
Thicken the soup
Bring the soup to a quick boil and stir in the thickening.
Simmer for 10 minutes after adding the thickening.
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.
Explore the science
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.
-
Rice + winetop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,223 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Rice flour
- Starch that swells when heated and thickens the soup into a smooth body.
The step that matters
Beat the batter until lumps disappear. Starch lumps form when dry flour meets liquid too quickly. Sifting and blending the flour with a little liquid first lets each grain hydrate separately, giving a smooth thickening.
“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.
You might also like
Rice Fritters84 recipes
Steamed Rice48 recipes
Rice Griddle Cakes28 recipes
Rice and Cheese Casserole23 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.