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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Nutmeg and flour are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,623 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Timbales

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cook rice until nearly absorbed, then reduce heat and finish boiling until thick.

  2. Remove from heat and stir in butter, parmesan, and nutmeg.

  3. Pour into a buttered sauté pan to form a 2-inch thick layer, smooth the surface, and cool for 2-3 hours.

  4. Use a round cutter to cut out 12 timbales from the rice, then breadcrumb them twice.

  5. Set them upright and cut the top with a smaller cutter.

  6. Fry in hot cooking fat until golden, then drain.

  7. Remove the cover with a knife, leaving a 1/6 inch thickness at the bottom and sides.

  8. Fill with partridge puree and top with a slice of cooked truffle.

  9. Glaze and serve on a folded napkin.

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. Nutmeg + flourtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,623 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Nutmeg + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Parmesan cheese + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together879 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Butter + truffletop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,209 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, parmesan cheese, rice, liver, flour, egg, truffle):

  1. Capersfits about as well
  2. Nutmegthe original
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Turmericfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, parmesan cheese, rice, liver, flour, egg, truffle. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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