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Pancakes, Stuffed

Stuffed pancakes made with veal forcemeat and served with gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Nutmeg and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24,377 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Pancakes, Stuffed

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the pancakes

  1. Prepare 1 pint of pancake batter according to plain pancake directions.

  2. Fry thin pancakes until set and colored.

  3. Spread a layer of veal forcemeat on each pancake, then roll them lightly.

  4. Place the rolls on a dish before the fire until all batter is used.

Slice and serve with gravy

  1. Cut the rolls into 1-inch thick slices and lay them in a buttered dish.

  2. Pour boiling gravy over the slices to cover them.

  3. Grate a little nutmeg on top before serving.

Bread and bake

  1. Egg and bread-crumb the stuffed slices.

  2. Fry the breaded slices until light brown.

  3. Place the slices in a buttered dish.

  4. Pour custard over the slices.

  5. Bake at 350°F (175°C) until the custard sets.

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. Nutmeg + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together24,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Veal + nutmegtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,542 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Veal + buttertop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,381 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Pancake batter
Forms thin wrappers that hold the filling together when rolled and sliced.
Veal forcemeat
Provides the savory, firm filling that gives the rolls body and flavor.
Boiling gravy
Adds moisture and flavor to the slices as they sit in the dish.
Nutmeg
Adds a warm aroma that complements the savory filling and custard.

The step that matters

Bake until the custard sets. Egg custard sets as its proteins coagulate with gentle heat. Overbaking forces the proteins to tighten further, making the custard grainy and weepy, so it should be removed as soon as it just firms.

Swap the nutmeg

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

  1. Sagefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Nutmegthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, butter. 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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