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Galantine of Veal

A veal breast stuffed with egg yolk mixture, truffles, mushrooms, ham, pork, and herbs, then braised and set in aspic.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Galantine of Veal

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the veal

  1. Remove bones and gristle from the veal breast.

  2. Beat the veal with the flat side of a chopper.

  3. Pound the yolks of the hard-boiled eggs to a paste.

  4. Mix in salt, pepper, parsley, herb stuffing, anchoïade sauce, and pounded mace.

  5. Brush the veal with beaten egg.

  6. Spread the mixture evenly over the meat.

  7. Layer strips of truffles, mushrooms, ham, pork, and hard-boiled eggs on top.

  8. Season lightly, roll tightly, and bind with tape every inch.

  9. Sew into a clean cloth and place in a saucepan with veal stock to cover.

Simmer and press

  1. Add removed bones, onions with cloves, sweet herbs, and carrot.

  2. Simmer slowly for 7–8 hours.

  3. Cool in the liquor, then place between two dishes with a weight for 24 hours.

Finish and decorate

  1. Remove tape and cloth, brush with Chaud-Froid sauce, and decorate with aspic jelly.

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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Truffle + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,900 recipes

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

  3. Veal + truffletop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together815 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  5. Parsley + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,132 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal breast
Forms the main body of the roll and gives the galantine its meaty structure.
Hard boiled egg yolks
Pounded to a paste, they add richness and a smooth, binding texture to the stuffing.
Egg
Brushed over the veal, it helps the layers of the roll adhere together.
Powdered herb stuffing
Absorbs moisture and helps the filling hold its shape within the roll.
Truffles
Contribute a deep, earthy aroma to the filling.
Lean ham
Adds savoury flavour and a firmer, meaty layer within the roll.

The step that matters

Simmer slowly for 7–8 hours. A gentle, low simmer cooks the tightly rolled meat through evenly and keeps it tender. A hard boil can toughen the meat and break up the rolled shape.

Swap the mace

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, egg, pepper, parsley, sauce, truffle, mushroom):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Macethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, egg, pepper, parsley, sauce, truffle, mushroom. 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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