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Galantine of Veal

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Veal and ham are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,264 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Galantine of Veal

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the tendons and bones from the veal breast.

  2. Trim the meat to about 15 inches long and 8 inches wide.

  3. Season the interior of the breast.

  4. Spread the forcemeat (veal, ham, and bacon) on the meat.

  5. Roll and sew the breast, then tie it in a cloth.

  6. Braise the rolled veal until cooked, then press it until cold.

  7. Glaze the galantine and serve garnished with jelly or parsley.

  8. For a large supper, slice the galantine and arrange on small dishes with jelly or watercress.

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. Veal + hamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,264 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Pepper + pistachiotop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together251 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Veal + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,049 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Pepper + hamtop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Veal + pistachiotop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the pistachio

The recipe marks pistachio as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, pepper, ham):

  1. Peasfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lima beansfits better
  4. Pistachiothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, pepper, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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