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Veal Roll, Baked

A baked roll of minced veal and bacon seasoned with lemon rind, thyme, shallot, and breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Veal Roll, Baked

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

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. In a bowl, combine the minced veal, bacon, white pepper, lemon rind, thyme, shallot, bread crumbs, and salt.

  3. Form the mixture into a roll.

Bake and serve

  1. Cover the roll with oiled paper and wrap it in a paste made of flour and water.

  2. Bake in the preheated oven for about 2 hours.

  3. Once done, remove the meat and serve with good brown sauce.

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. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lemon + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,245 recipes

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

  5. White pepper + thymetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together443 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
Forms the main body of the roll and gives it a meaty, firm texture when cooked.
Streaky bacon
Adds fat and moisture, keeping the lean veal from drying out during the long bake.
Bread crumbs
Absorbs juices and binds the minced mixture so it holds its roll shape.
Shallot
Adds mild aromatic sweetness that softens and blends into the forcemeat.

The step that matters

Wrapping the roll in the flour and water paste. The oiled paper and paste casing hold the roll together and keep moisture in during the long bake. If the wrap has gaps or tears, juices escape and the meat can dry out or lose its shape.

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, lemon, thyme, shallot, bread):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, lemon, thyme, shallot, bread. 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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