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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Marjoram and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,225 recipes. Both carry terpineol, which smells pine, woody. The science ↓

Soups and Broths

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the flesh from the turtle, wash it clean, and let it drain.

  2. Boil water in a large vessel, add the turtle shells, and remove them when they come off easily.

  3. Prick the shells of the back, belly, fins, and head.

  4. Boil the back and belly until the bones can be removed without overcooking the softer parts.

  5. Lay the cooked parts on earthen dishes to cool and keep the cooking liquid.

  6. In a large stew pan, layer ham, veal knuckles, turtle flesh, and members.

  7. Moisten with the boiling water and sweat thoroughly.

  8. Check doneness by inserting a knife; if no blood comes out, moisten again with the cooking liquid.

  9. Add a bunch of sweet herbs and an onion stuck with cloves.

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. Marjoram + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  2. Basil + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  3. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Marjoram + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Basil + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, veal, basil, marjoram, lemon, thyme, parsley):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Leekfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ham, veal, basil, marjoram, lemon, thyme, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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