Name: Veal, Chicken and Beef Canelloni
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: CREPES; 2 eggs; 2/3 cup milk; 1 tablespoon butter, melted; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; MEAT FILLING; 1/4 pound ground veal; 1/4 pound ground chicken; 1/2 pound ground beef; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley; 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 dash ground black pepper; 1 dash ground nutmeg; WHITE SAUCE; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 cup milk; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 (32 ounce) jar tomato pasta sauce; 1 (16 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese; 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Why it works: Chicken and beef match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,148 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

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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.

Chicken + beeftop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,148 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).
Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Veal + beeftop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,784 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
Meat + beeftop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,533 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Beef	100g cooked	250
Pasta	1 cup cooked (140g)	220
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Nutmeg	1 tsp ground (2.2g)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Meat	not in our table	0
Veal	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

Veal, Chicken and Beef Canelloni