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Turkey and Veal Stuffing

A savory stuffing made with bread crumbs, butter, egg yolks, herbs, and cream, used to fill veal or turkey.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and marjoram 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 ↓

Turkey and Veal Stuffing

Ingredients

Directions

Make the stuffing

  1. In a bowl, mix the bread crumbs and butter until well combined.

  2. Add the egg yolks, parsley, thyme, marjoram, basil, and cream.

  3. Pound the mixture in a mortar until smooth.

  4. Season with pepper and coarse sea salt.

Fill the meat

  1. Use the stuffing to fill veal or turkey.

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. Thyme + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  2. Marjoram + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  3. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Parsley + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Thyme + basiltop 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

What each ingredient does

Bread crumbs
Provide the bulk and body that hold the stuffing together.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, coating the crumbs for a tender texture.
Egg yolks
Bind the mixture and add richness and structure as they set.
Cream
Adds moisture and softness to the mixture.

The step that matters

Pound the mixture until smooth. Pounding breaks the crumbs and fat into a fine, even paste, so the stuffing binds evenly instead of crumbling or leaving dry pockets.

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, egg, parsley, thyme, marjoram, cream):

  1. Winter savoryfits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, butter, egg, parsley, thyme, marjoram, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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