Name: Veal, Galantine of
Ingredients: remains of a roast fillet of veal; ham; thin slices of fat bacon; hard-boiled egg yolks; coarse sea salt; white pepper; finely-shredded parsley; truffles (optional); clarified butter

Why it works: Veal and truffle work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 815 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Veal, Galantine of

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.

Cut the roast veal and ham into neat thin slices.
Line an earthenware mold with thin slices of fat bacon.
Layer the ham and veal in the mold, interspersing with slices of hard-boiled egg yolks.
Sprinkle each layer with coarse sea salt, white pepper, finely-shredded parsley, and small pieces of truffles if available.
Pour clarified butter over the layers.
Cover the top of the mold tightly with three or four folds of paper.
Bake in a moderate oven at 350°F (175°C) for one hour.
Let it cool, then turn it out to serve.

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.

Veal + truffletop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together815 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Truffle + buttertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,209 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Ham + truffletop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together516 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
White pepper + parsleytop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together1,451 recipes

Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Parsley + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together28,563 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

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

Capersfits better
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Thymefits better
White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, ham, egg, parsley, truffle, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.