Why it works: Flour and summer savory match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 263 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Roast Veal
Ingredients
Directions
Wash and dry the leg of veal.
Lard the veal with strips of fat bacon or ham.
Dredge the veal with flour and season with coarse sea salt and black pepper.
Baste frequently while roasting.
For a roast fillet, stuff with bread crumbs, chopped ham, summer savory, and season with salt and pepper.
Dredge lightly with flour and bake.
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.
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Flour + summer savorytop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together263 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Pepper + summer savorytop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together671 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Ham + breadtop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,536 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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Bread + summer savorytop 14% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together241 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Veal + hamtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,264 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the summer savory
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, ham, flour, pepper, bread):
- Marjoramfits about as well
- Parsleyfits about as well
- Sagefits about as well
- Summer savorythe original
Fit is the average pairing score against veal, ham, flour, pepper, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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