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A rolled beef and bacon mixture bound with breadcrumbs and eggs, boiled and glazed.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Beef and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,971 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Beef, Galantine of

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mixture

  1. In a basin, combine the beef, bacon, breadcrumbs, pepper, and salt.

  2. Beat the eggs with the stock and pour into the meat mixture. Mix well and form into a short roll with your hands.

Cook and finish

  1. Tie the roll in a pudding cloth and boil for 2.5 hours.

  2. Press slightly until cold and pour a rich glaze over the top.

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. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  2. Beef + eggtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Pepper + eggtop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together50,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Pepper and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Beef
Provides the main meaty body and bulk of the galantine.
Bacon
Adds fat that keeps the mixture moist and flavourful as it cooks.
Breadcrumbs
Absorb liquid and help bind the meat into a sliceable roll.
Eggs
Bind the mixture together and help it hold its shape when cooked.
Stock
Adds moisture and savour, keeping the meat tender during boiling.

The step that matters

Pressing the roll while it cools. Pressing gently as the roll cools helps the proteins set into a compact, even texture so it slices cleanly rather than crumbling.

“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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