Why it works: Egg and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 88,465 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Vermicelli Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the white stock in a saucepan.
Soak the crumb of the French roll in the stock until soft, then beat it smooth with a wooden spoon and stir it into the soup.
Simmer for 15 minutes.
Blanch the vermicelli in boiling water for 5 minutes, then drain and add to the soup.
If using eggs, beat them into the milk and stir into the soup without boiling.
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.
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Egg + milktop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together88,465 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Cream + milktop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together29,395 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Cream + eggtop 12% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together41,958 recipes
Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- French roll
- Soaked and beaten smooth, it thickens the soup and gives it a body.
- Vermicelli
- Thin pasta that adds bite and substance to the soup.
- Eggs
- Beaten into milk and stirred in off the heat, they enrich and thicken the soup gently.
The step that matters
Adding the eggs without boiling. Egg proteins set when heated, so if the soup boils after the egg and milk mixture goes in, it can curdle and turn grainy. Stir it in gently and keep the soup below a boil.
“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.
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