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Brochette of Turkey

Slices of cooked turkey are seasoned, coated in bread crumbs, and fried.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13,015 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Brochette of Turkey

Ingredients

Directions

Coat the turkey

  1. Season the turkey slices with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

  2. Dip the seasoned turkey in Supreme sauce.

  3. Roll the seasoned turkey in bread crumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry the breaded turkey until golden brown.

  2. Serve with additional Supreme 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. Pepper + nutmegtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Turkey + breadtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together822 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Meat + turkeytop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together540 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Nutmeg + breadtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,997 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Meat + breadtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,924 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Turkey
Forms the main body of the dish and gives it its meaty substance.
Supreme sauce
Adds moisture and a creamy coating that helps the crumbs adhere.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden coating when fried, adding texture contrast.
Nutmeg
Adds a warm, aromatic flavor to the turkey.

The step that matters

Fry until golden brown. The turkey is already cooked, so frying is only needed to brown and crisp the crumb coating. Browning happens quickly at high heat, so the coating can burn before the inside is hot. Keeping the heat moderate lets the crumbs colour evenly while the filling warms through without drying out.

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, turkey, pepper, sauce, bread):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, turkey, pepper, sauce, 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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