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Veal Stew

A slow‑cooked stew of veal, rice, onion, and savory in butter‑based broth.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Summer savory and pepper work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 671 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Veal Stew

Ingredients

Directions

Brown the veal

  1. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat.

  2. Add the veal pieces and fry until nicely browned.

  3. Season with salt and pepper.

Simmer

  1. Pour in the hot water and add the rice, sliced onion, and summer savory.

  2. Cover and cook slowly for 4 hours, adding water as needed to prevent sticking. Avoid stirring to keep the meat intact; the rice should have a thick gravy consistency when done.

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. Summer savory + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together671 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Onion + summer savorytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Rice + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

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

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

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

  5. Rice + summer savorytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together35 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal
Provides the main meat, which browns and becomes tender during slow cooking.
Butter
Browns the veal and adds richness to the pan juices.
Rice
Releases starch as it cooks, thickening the liquid into a gravy.
Onion
Softens during cooking and adds sweetness and savory depth to the gravy.

The step that matters

Cooking slowly with the lid on and no stirring. A gentle simmer keeps the veal tender without toughening it, and not stirring keeps the pieces intact. Adding water as needed prevents the rice and meat from scorching, while the rice starch slowly thickens the liquid into gravy.

Swap the summer savory

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

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Summer savorythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, butter, rice, onion, 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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