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Mock Duck

A roast steak seasoned, rolled, and baked, served with a brown gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Turkey and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,592 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Mock Duck

Oven, in the book's wordsA brisk oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a brisk oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the roll

  1. Pound the round steak gently.

  2. Spread the dressing over the steak.

  3. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt, black pepper, and small bits of butter.

  4. Roll the steak tightly and tie it securely.

  5. Spread 2 tablespoons of butter over the rolled steak.

  6. Wash the steak with a beaten egg.

Bake and serve

  1. Place water in a baking pan and lay the steak in it without touching the water.

  2. Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven, basting often, for about 30 minutes.

  3. Make a brown gravy and serve hot.

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. Turkey + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,636 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Turkey + eggtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together846 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Round steak
Forms the meaty outer wrap that becomes tender when rolled and baked.
Dressing
Adds moisture and savory bulk inside the rolled steak.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the surface brown during baking.
Egg
Coats the surface so it browns and sets to a glossy finish.

The step that matters

Tying the roll securely. If the roll is loose, the dressing can spill out and the steak can unroll and cook unevenly. Tight, even rolling keeps the filling inside and the shape consistent during baking.

“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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