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Turban of Fillets of Rabbits, a LA Financiere

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Rabbit and meat work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 315 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Turban of Fillets of Rabbits, a LA Financiere

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Remove the fillets from the rabbits and trim them.

  2. Prepare quenelle force-meat using the flesh from the rabbit legs.

  3. Form a cylindrical base with part of the force-meat and let it cool.

  4. Spread a thin layer of force-meat on top of the cylinder.

  5. Arrange the larded fillets around the sides at a slant, with the small ends at the top.

  6. Insert cock's kernels between each fillet and cover them with bacon strips.

  7. Wrap the turban with buttered paper and secure it with string.

  8. Bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven for 1 hour.

  9. Remove the paper and bacon, glaze the fillets, and fill the center with Financiere ragout.

  10. Pour some sauce around the base and serve.

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. Rabbit + meattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together315 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Rabbit + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Meat + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,594 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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