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Patties, Tartlets, or Small Vols-au-vents

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Lobster and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,095 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Patties, Tartlets, or Small Vols-au-vents

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderately quick oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderately quick oven”. The 350°F in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

  1. Roll out puff pastry to ½ inch thickness.

  2. Use a larger round cutter to cut out the patties.

  3. Dip the edge of a smaller cutter in hot water and press it halfway into the center of each patty.

  4. Bake in a moderate oven (350°F / 175°C) for 10 to 12 minutes.

  5. Remove the small rounds of crust from the tops with a sharp knife.

  6. Scoop out the crumb from the insides of the patties.

  7. Fill the patties with your choice of meat prepared with white sauce.

  8. Optionally, top with fried crumbs or replace the tops.

  9. For sweet versions, glaze the pastry and fill with whipped cream, preserve, or boiled custard.

  10. If using boiled custard, return to a gentle oven until set.

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. Lobster + saucetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,095 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lobster + creamtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Shrimp + lobstertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together403 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  4. Chicken + pheasanttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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