Name: Cream of Pearl Barley a LA Princess
Ingredients: white consomme of game; cream of barley; scallops of three young red-legged partridges

Why it works: Cream and scallop work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 38 recipes. Both carry 2-nonanone, which smells fruity, floral. The science ↓

Cream of Pearl Barley a LA Princess

Ingredients

white consomme of game
cream of barley
scallops of three young red-legged partridges

Directions

Prepare the cream of barley according to the usual method.
Pour the finished soup into a tureen.
Add scallops of the roasted partridges just before serving.

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.

Cream + scalloptop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together38 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Cream + barleytop 25% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together301 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Barley + scalloptop 35% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2 recipes

Shared aroma: acetylpyrazine (roast).