Why it works: Garlic and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,090 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓
Veal Collops
Ingredients
Directions
Cut long, thin collops of veal.
Beat the collops well.
Lay a piece of thin bacon on each collop.
Spread seasoned forcemeat on the bacon, adding a little garlic and Cayenne pepper.
Roll the collops tightly, about the size of two fingers and no longer than three inches.
Secure each roll with a small skewer.
Brush the rolls with egg.
Fry the collops until they are a fine brown.
Pour rich brown gravy over the fried collops.
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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Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,090 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Veal + peppertop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together10,049 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Veal + garlictop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together889 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Veal + eggtop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together6,845 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Pepper + eggtop 33% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together50,580 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Pepper and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, pepper, egg):
- Parsleyfits better
- Sagefits better
- Tarragonfits better
- Garlicthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against veal, pepper, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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