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Veal Breast with Wild Mushroom Rice Stuffing

A veal breast stuffed with a wild mushroom and rice mixture, baked with celery, carrots, and wine.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Veal Breast with Wild Mushroom Rice Stuffing

Oven350°F
Time1½ hours

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Season the veal breast with 1 teaspoon thyme, salt, garlic powder, and white pepper.

  2. Cook 1/2 cup chopped onion and 1/2 cup chopped fresh wild mushrooms in butter in a large skillet over medium‑high heat.

  3. Combine the cooked onion and mushrooms with 2 cups cooked rice, 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese, 1 tablespoon snipped fresh basil leaves, 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper, remaining 1 teaspoon thyme, and 1 beaten egg.

  4. Spread the rice mixture evenly over the veal breast.

  5. Roll the veal breast and tie with string at 1‑inch intervals.

Bake and serve

  1. In a large roasting pan, combine 1 cup chopped celery, 1 cup chopped carrots, remaining 1/2 cup onion, 1 bay leaf, 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns, and 2 cups dry white wine.

  2. Place the rolled veal breast in the pan.

  3. Bake at 350°F for 1½ hours, or until the internal temperature reaches 160°F.

  4. Remove the bay leaf.

  5. Pan juices may be thickened to serve with the veal.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

943Calories
64 gProtein
41 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 21 of 24 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 21 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Vealnot in our table0
Stuffingnot in our table0
Horseradishnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Thyme + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Thyme + mushroomtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,557 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Thyme + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Boned veal breast
Forms the main meat that becomes tender during slow oven braising around the filling.
Cooked rice
Bulks out the stuffing and soaks up savory juices so the filling stays moist.
Egg
Binds the rice and cheese filling so it holds together when the veal is rolled and sliced.
Mozzarella cheese
Melts into the stuffing, adding richness and helping bind the filling.
Wild mushrooms
Contributes earthy, savory flavor to the rice stuffing.
Dry white wine
Adds acidity and moisture to the braising liquid, building flavor in the pan juices.

The step that matters

Bake until the internal temperature reaches 160°F. Veal breast is lean, so overcooking dries the meat and squeezes out juices. Checking the internal temperature shows when the meat is done rather than relying on time alone.

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, thyme, garlic, onion, mushroom, butter, rice):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Marjoramfits better
  3. Sagefits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, thyme, garlic, onion, mushroom, butter, rice. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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