Why it works: Veal and peas work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 644 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Tendons of Veal with Stewed Peas
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the tendons of veal according to the instructions in No. 584.
Serve the tendons on a plate and heap some stewed peas in the center.
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 + peastop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together644 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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