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Hashed Duck Aux Olives

A dish of shredded cooked duck sautéed with onions, olives, butter, and broth, seasoned with salt and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,779 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Hashed Duck Aux Olives

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Shred the cooked duck into small pieces.

  2. In a skillet, melt butter and sauté chopped onion until translucent.

Cook

  1. Add the duck and olives to the skillet.

  2. Season with salt and pepper, then pour in enough broth to moisten.

  3. Cook until heated through, stirring occasionally.

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. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Butter + oniontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together42,912 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Olive + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked duck
Provides the main meat, which is already cooked and only needs reheating.
Olives
Adds briny, salty flavor that contrasts with the rich duck.
Butter
Adds fat and flavor for sautéing the onion and helps it brown lightly.
Onion
Adds sweetness and savory depth as it softens in the butter.
Broth
Moistens the hash so the duck stays tender while heating.

The step that matters

Pour in enough broth to moisten. Too little liquid leaves the shredded duck dry and tough when reheated, while too much makes the hash soggy. Adding just enough broth keeps the meat moist as it warms through.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, pepper. 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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