Why it works: Rabbit and meat work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 315 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Fo-wl, Veal, or Rabbit, Game or Fish Patties
Ingredients
Directions
Mince the leftover rabbit meat finely.
Mix with an equal quantity of veal kidney fat or steeped bacon.
Add oysters or mushrooms if desired.
Season the mixture and dress it with cream.
Fill the hot patties with the prepared mixture.
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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Rabbit + meattop 12% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together315 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Rabbit + creamtop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together409 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
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Rabbit + oystertop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together83 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Oyster + creamtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,886 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Rabbit + vealtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together441 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-pentylpyridine (fat).
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