Why it works: Butter and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118,967 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Party Puffs
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.
Prepare a rich paste and roll it out thinly. Cut into circles using a biscuit cutter.
Grease a shallow tin pan with butter and lay the circles of rich paste on it.
Roll out the puff paste and cut it into circles of the same size.
Use a small glass to cut a hole in the center of each puff paste circle, leaving a rim.
Place the puff paste circles on top of the rich paste circles.
Brush the tops with sweetened egg white for a better appearance.
Bake in a preheated oven at 400°F (200°C) until light brown.
Once baked, fill the centers with jelly or sweetmeats.
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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Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together118,967 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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