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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Mace and nutmeg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,557 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

To Pot Veal

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Parboil the veal, then mince it very small, saving the cooking liquid.

  2. In a clean pan, combine the minced veal with some of the cooking liquid.

  3. Season with white pepper, coarse sea salt, beaten mace, grated nutmeg, minced lemon peel, and lemon juice.

  4. Let it stew until most of the liquid is reduced, stirring frequently to prevent sticking.

  5. Once thick, pour into buttered jars, jelly molds, or cups and let cool.

  6. To serve, turn out of the molds or slice as desired.

  7. For a crispy finish, glaze with egg yolks and sprinkle with bread crumbs mixed with grated lemon, then heat before serving.

  8. Prepare a white sauce by mixing cream, soup, flour, grated nutmeg, and salt, then bring to a boil while stirring.

  9. Cut an oval piece from the top of a loaf of bread to show the meat, pour the sauce over it without touching the sides, and garnish with small egg balls.

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. Mace + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,557 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Nutmeg + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,318 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. White pepper + macetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,695 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, mace, nutmeg, lemon, butter, bread, cream):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, mace, nutmeg, lemon, butter, bread, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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