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Boned Turkey

A loaf of shredded turkey seasoned with pepper and sea salt, set in a mold and pressed with broth.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Turkey and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,636 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Boned Turkey

Ingredients

Directions

Cook and prepare the turkey

  1. Boil the turkey in minimal water until the meat falls from the bones.

  2. Remove all bones and skin from the turkey.

  3. Shred the meat into small pieces, mixing dark and light meat together.

  4. Season the mixture with pepper and coarse sea salt.

Shape and press

  1. Place the mixture into a mold and pour warm turkey broth over it.

  2. Press down with a heavy weight.

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. Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,636 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

What each ingredient does

Turkey
Supplies the shredded meat that forms the loaf's body and holds its texture.

The step that matters

Press down with a heavy weight. Pressing packs the shredded meat together so the loaf holds its shape when sliced. The warm broth then sets as it cools, binding the pieces into a firm loaf.

“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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