Why it works: Truffle and wine work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 344 recipes. Both carry 3-ethylphenol, which smells must. The science ↓
Salmi-Chaud Froid De Perdreaux Aux Truffes À LA Gelée—
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the sauce with truffle essence.
Dish the partridges, placing a slice of truffle between each piece.
Serve with the sauce and surround with aspic.
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.
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Truffle + winetop 21% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together344 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-ethylphenol (must).
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