Why it works: Veal and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,056 recipes mention both. Both carry cis-3-hexenol, which smells green, grassy. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Prepare the kidney
Cut the veal kidney in half lengthwise.
Season the pieces with salt and pepper.
Dip the kidney pieces in clarified butter.
Coat the pieces with bread crumbs.
Cook and serve
Broil the kidney until cooked, about 7-8 minutes.
In a bowl, mix the fresh butter, parsley, salt, pepper, and lemon juice until smooth.
Serve the broiled kidney on a hot dish with the parsley butter on top.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Veal + breadtop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together3,056 recipes
Shared aroma: cis-3-hexenol (green, grassy).
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Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together14,036 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together34,118 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Pepper + lemontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Butter + breadtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,145 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Veal kidney
- Is the main protein, cooked through under the broiler.
- Fresh butter
- Forms the parsley butter, adding richness and moisture when served on the hot kidney.
- Bread crumbs
- Form a crisp, browned coating on the outside of the kidney pieces.
- Clarified butter
- Carries the bread crumbs and helps them brown evenly under the broiler.
The step that matters
Broil the kidney until cooked, about 7-8 minutes. Kidney is cooked quickly under high heat; too little time leaves it undercooked, while too long makes it tough and dry. Watch it closely and check that the centre is no longer pink.
“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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