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Nut Roll

A veal roll studded with almonds and walnuts, simmered in stock and served with tomato aspic.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Almond and walnut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 993 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Nut Roll

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the roll

  1. Sprinkle the veal slice with chopped almonds and walnuts.

  2. Roll the veal tightly and tie it securely with twine.

Simmer

  1. Place the rolled veal in a saucepan and nearly cover it with boiling stock or water.

  2. Add the bay leaf, celery, and onion slices.

  3. Simmer gently for about 1.5 hours, adding salt and pepper after the first hour.

Cool and serve

  1. Remove the veal from the saucepan and let it cool.

  2. Once cool, remove the twine and cut into thin slices.

  3. Serve with alternate slices of tomato aspic.

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. Almond + walnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together993 recipes

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

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  3. Walnut + celerytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 becomes tender during slow simmering.
Almonds
Add crunch and a rich, nutty flavour inside the roll.
English walnuts
Add crunch and a rich, nutty flavour inside the roll.

The step that matters

Rolling and tying the veal. The veal must be rolled tightly and tied securely so the filling stays inside the roll while it simmers and the slices hold their shape when cut.

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, walnut, celery, onion, pepper):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Chestnutfits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, walnut, celery, onion, pepper. 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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