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Pastry Sandwiches

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Egg and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122,807 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Pastry Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Roll out the puff-paste thinly.

  2. Place half of it on a baking sheet and spread your preferred jam evenly over it.

  3. Cover with another thin layer of puff-paste, pressing the edges together.

  4. Mark the surface with a knife to indicate where to cut after baking.

  5. Bake at 400°F (200°C) for 20 minutes to 1 hour.

  6. A few minutes before done, brush the pastry with egg white and sprinkle with sifted sugar.

  7. Return to the oven to color.

  8. Once cooled, cut into 2-inch strips and arrange them in a pyramid on a dish.

  9. Serve with flavored whipped cream poured in the center.

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. Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together122,807 recipes

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

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