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Clam Soup

A veal and herb broth with clams, served with grated crackers.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Veal and clam work together. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 37 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Clam Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Make the broth

  1. In a large pot, combine the veal, herbs, and water.

  2. Cook for 3 hours, skimming the surface carefully.

  3. Strain the broth and return it to the pot.

Finish and serve

  1. Add the chopped clams and cook for an additional 15 minutes.

  2. Serve with the grated crackers.

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.

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. Veal + clamtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together37 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal shin
Releases gelatin and flavor into the water, giving the broth body and richness.
Clams
Add a briny, savory seafood flavor that infuses the hot broth as they cook.
Grated crackers
Starch from the crackers thickens the soup slightly and adds a toasted grain flavor.

The step that matters

Skimming the surface during the 3-hour cook. Foam and fat rise to the surface as the veal simmers. Skimming them off keeps the broth clear and prevents a greasy, muddy taste.

“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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