Why it works: Veal and mustard work together. They rank in the top 29% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 368 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓
Veal Sandwiches
Ingredients
Directions
Slice the veal into thin slices.
Spread mustard on the slices.
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 + mustardtop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together368 recipes
Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
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