Name: Turkey, Galantine of
Ingredients: Turkey; Chaufroix Sauce (see recipes No. 40, No. 41, and No. 42); Truffles; Beetroot; Tongue; Aspic Jelly (see recipe No. 29); Chopped aspic

Why it works: Turkey and truffle work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 167 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Turkey, Galantine of

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the turkey as in the recipe for Galantines.
Shape the turkey to resemble a bird, keeping the lower part of the drumsticks and wing bones.
For ball suppers, mask the turkey with Chaufroix Sauce and decorate with truffles, beetroot, and tongue cut into various shapes.
For race luncheons, mask the turkey with Aspic Jelly and serve with chopped aspic.

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.

Turkey + truffletop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together167 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Turkey + saucetop 20% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together531 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sauce + beetroottop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together374 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sauce + truffletop 22% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,490 recipes
Truffle + beetroottop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together48 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).