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Young Turkeys Roasted

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,289 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Young Turkeys Roasted

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Singe and draw the turkey.

  2. Mince parsley, chibbol, mushrooms, truffles, liver, bacon, butter, sweet herbs, and allspice.

  3. Stuff the turkey with the mixture.

  4. Blanch the turkey slightly and place it on the spit.

  5. Blanch parsley, chibbol, tarragon, and mint; squeeze and mince them.

  6. In a stew-pan, combine minced herbs with egg yolks, Champagne, oil, and anchovies.

  7. Squeeze in lemon juice and mix well.

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 + allspicetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mushroom + truffletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,900 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Chive + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together553 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

Swap the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, parsley, chive, mushroom, truffle, liver, butter):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Sagefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Allspicethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, parsley, chive, mushroom, truffle, liver, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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