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Calf's-head or Mock-turtle Soup

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Veal and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,845 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Calf's-head or Mock-turtle Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the calf's head until tender.

  2. Cut the head into suitable pieces.

  3. Prepare the broth separately.

  4. Combine the calf's head pieces with the broth in a tureen.

  5. Add the pig's snout, ears, ox palate, smoked tongue, small sausages, minced sweetbread, and veal quenelles.

  6. Serve hot.

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. Veal + eggtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,845 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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