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Cannelon of Potatoes

A rolled potato mixture baked with butter and breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Cannelon of Potatoes

Oven, in the book's wordsA quick oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a quick oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the potato mixture

  1. Mash the potatoes thoroughly.

  2. Beat in the butter, milk, and two raw eggs until light.

  3. Heat the mixture in a greased frying pan, stirring constantly, until stiff enough to handle.

Shape and bake

  1. Shape into a long roll and brush with the beaten egg.

  2. Sift breadcrumbs over the roll.

  3. Place in a buttered baking pan and brown in a 400°F (200°C) oven.

Serve

  1. Serve with a cup of good drawn butter poured over it.

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.

Explore the science

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. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  3. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Mashed potatoes
Form the bulk of the roll and give it a soft, tender body.
Raw eggs
Bind the mixture and set it so the roll holds its shape.
Butter
Adds richness and flavour and keeps the mixture moist.
Milk
Loosens the potato mixture and adds moisture for a smooth texture.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp coating that browns in the oven.
Drawn butter
Adds richness and moisture when poured over the finished roll.

The step that matters

Heating the mixture until stiff. Stirring constantly keeps the eggs and starch from catching or scorching on the pan. The mixture must thicken enough to hold a shape, otherwise the roll will slump or break apart when shaped and baked.

Swap the potato

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

  1. Potatothe original
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Chivefits less well
  4. Leekfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, milk, egg. 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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