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Cheese Ramakins

Cheese Ramakins are baked cheese and breadcrumb cakes with egg whites folded in.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Cheese Ramakins

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderately quick oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderately quick oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Make the base

  1. Scald the milk in a saucepan.

  2. Add the bread crumbs and stir over heat until smooth.

  3. Mix in the cheese and butter, stirring for a moment longer.

  4. Remove from heat, add the beaten egg yolk and seasonings.

Bake and serve

  1. Beat the egg whites until stiff and carefully fold them into the mixture.

  2. Pour into a greased baking dish and bake for 15 minutes at 350°F (175°C).

  3. Serve immediately.

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. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Cheese + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Cheese + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg whites
Whipped to stiff peaks, they trap air and lift the ramekins as they bake.
Egg yolk
Enriches the base and helps it set into a custard-like texture.
Grated cheese
Adds rich flavor and fat, and sets firmly as it cools after baking.
Stale bread crumbs
Thicken the scalded milk into a smooth, stable base.
Butter
Adds fat for richness and a smooth, tender texture.

The step that matters

Fold the egg whites carefully. Stiff whites hold the air that makes the soufflé rise. Deflating them by overmixing or stirring vigorously leaves a dense result that rises little in the oven.

“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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