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Rice Soup, with a Knuckle of Veal

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Veal and rice are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,119 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Rice Soup, with a Knuckle of Veal

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the knuckle of veal in water until very tender.

  2. Remove the veal and let it cool.

  3. Strain the broth and return it to the pot.

  4. Add rice to the broth and cook until tender.

  5. Shred the veal and add it back to the soup before serving.

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 + ricetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,119 recipes

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

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