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Mexican Stuffing for Turkey

A savory stuffing for turkey made with soaked bread, milk, eggs, butter, salt, nutmeg, almonds, cheese, and frijoles.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Landmarks Club · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,130 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Mexican Stuffing for Turkey

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil two cupfuls of frijoles slowly for at least a day.

  2. Soak a couple of rolls or a piece of bread, finely crumbled, in a quart of milk until sufficiently soaked.

Make the mixture

  1. Add three eggs (without beating), 2 oz. butter, a little salt, a dust of nutmeg, and 4 oz. blanched almonds cut into small pieces.

  2. Beat the mixture well.

Bake and stuff

  1. Bake the mixture in the oven until cooked (test with a straw as you would a cake).

  2. Stuff the turkey with the cooked mixture.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

795Calories
34 gProtein
24 gFat
108 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78

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

By Landmarks Club. 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. See the original page.

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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. Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

  2. Milk + cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,426 recipes

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

  3. Bread + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Bread
Soaked in milk and crumbled, it absorbs liquid and gives the mixture body and soft texture.
Milk
Soaks into the bread, adding moisture so the mixture stays tender as it bakes.
Eggs
Bind the mixture and set with heat, holding it together when baked.

The step that matters

Bake until cooked. Egg proteins set as they heat. Overbaking makes the mixture dry and rubbery, while underbaking leaves the centre loose, so test with a straw as you would a cake.

“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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