Why it works: Veal and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,841 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
Veal Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Cook veal in water with coarse sea salt to make stock.
Flavor the stock by adding vegetable broth made from boiling and straining vegetables.
Add onions for additional flavor.
Avoid using a great variety of vegetables at once.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Veal + oniontop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together6,841 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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