Why it works: Veal and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 6,841 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Turn the pike around and fasten it with a skewer.
Prepare common stuffing as for a fillet of veal and place it in the belly of the pike.
Sew up the belly with kitchen twine.
Brush the outside of the pike with beaten egg.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Veal + eggtop 15% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together6,841 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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