Why it works: Veal and tomato work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 709 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Tomato and Veal Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the strained veal broth and strained tomato juice together.
Let the mixture cool and serve.
If using freshly strained canned tomatoes, do not cook them.
If the mixture stands longer than twelve hours, bring it to a boil to prevent fermentation.
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.
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Veal + tomatotop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together709 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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What each ingredient does
- Veal broth
- Collagen from the broth dissolves into gelatin and sets as it cools, giving the jelly its body.
- Tomato juice
- Adds acidity and bright tomato flavour that balances the rich broth.
The step that matters
Boiling if the mixture stands longer than twelve hours. Standing for a long time lets microorganisms grow and ferment the mixture. Bringing it to a boil kills most of them, so the jelly stays fresh and tastes right.
“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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