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Dinner — Stuffed Fillet of Veal Garnished with Green Peas

A veal fillet stuffed, cooked, and served with green peas, mashed potatoes, summer squash, beet salad, and blackberries.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Peas and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,016 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Dinner — Stuffed Fillet of Veal Garnished with Green Peas

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the veal

  1. Stuff the fillet of veal with your choice of filling.

  2. Cook the veal until fully done.

Plate and serve

  1. Serve garnished with green peas.

  2. Prepare mashed potatoes and serve alongside.

  3. Cook summer squash and beet salad as sides.

  4. Finish the meal with fresh blackberries.

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. Peas + potatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,016 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Veal + peastop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together644 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Veal + potatotop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together343 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

Veal fillet
Forms the main protein, cooked through to be safely done and tender.
Mashed potatoes
Provides a soft, starchy base that absorbs meat juices alongside the veal.
Green peas
Adds sweetness and a bright, tender texture as a garnish.

The step that matters

Cook the veal until fully done. Veal fillet is lean and can turn dry if overcooked, yet it must reach a safe internal temperature throughout. Checking doneness with a thermometer helps balance safety and juiciness.

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, peas):

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Leekfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, peas. 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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