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 ↓
Coventry Puff
Ingredients
Directions
Shape
Roll out puff pastry scraps to ¼ inch thick.
Cut out circles with a 3-inch round cutter.
Place a small amount of preserves on each circle.
Fold the pastry over in three folds to form a triangle.
Place the folded pastries on a baking pan.
Glaze and bake
Brush with water or a mixture of egg and water.
Dust with powdered sugar and bake.
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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Egg + sugartop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together122,807 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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What each ingredient does
- Puff pastry scraps
- Puff up into flaky, layered pastry as the fat between layers melts and steam forms.
- Fancy preserves
- Provide sweetness and fruity flavor inside the folded pastry.
- Egg and water
- Gives the surface a glossy, browned finish when brushed on before baking.
- Powdered sugar
- Adds a light sweet dusting that caramelizes slightly on the surface in the oven.
The step that matters
Folding the pastry around the preserves. Too much preserves or a loose seal lets filling leak and burn on the pan. Keep the filling small and press the edges firmly so steam can lift the layers without spilling.
“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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