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Cannelon & LA Royale

A veal roll wrapped in paper, served with a tomato-based sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Cannelon & LA Royale

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Pass the veal through a mincing machine twice.

  2. Add the minced ham, pepper, salt, parsley, shallot, lemon peel, and nutmeg.

  3. Mix well.

  4. Add the beaten yolks and whites of the eggs.

Shape and cook the roll

  1. Shape into a roll and wrap in greased Soyer paper.

  2. Place in a bag.

  3. Cook for 25 minutes.

  4. Carefully remove from the bag and unroll.

Make the sauce and serve

  1. Rub the tomatoes through a sieve into a saucepan.

  2. Add pepper, salt, sugar, vinegar, and onion juice or garlic.

  3. Heat until hot and reduce slightly.

  4. Optionally, add cooking port and butter for improved flavor.

  5. Serve on a hot dish with Portugaise sauce.

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Parsley + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,062 recipes

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

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, giving it a firm, sliceable texture.
Eggs
Bind the minced filling together and help it set firm when cooked.
Ham
Adds savory, salty flavor and firmness to the minced filling.
Tomatoes
Provide acidity, body and fresh flavor to the sauce once pulped and reduced.

The step that matters

Shaping and wrapping the roll. The minced filling is soft before cooking, so it must be shaped tightly and wrapped snugly in greased paper. A loose roll can crumble or cook unevenly, and sealing it keeps moisture in during the 25-minute cook.

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, ham, pepper, parsley, lemon, nutmeg, egg):

  1. Shallotthe original
  2. Carrotfits about as well
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Capsicumfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, ham, pepper, parsley, lemon, nutmeg, 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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