Why it works: Veal and olive work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 612 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓
Fricandoof Veal
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the veal by cutting it into pieces.
Stuff the veal with olives.
Cook the veal until tender.
Serve hot.
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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Veal + olivetop 23% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together612 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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