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Timbale of Raviolis, a LA Romaine

A baked dish of ravioli topped with truffles, red tongue, mushrooms, Madeira, game glaze, Parmesan, and reduced Espagnole sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Truffle and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,900 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Timbale of Raviolis, a LA Romaine

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Boil the raviolis in consommé and drain them on a sieve.

  2. In a stewpan, combine the truffles, red tongue, and mushrooms.

  3. Add the Madeira and game glaze, then boil quickly over high heat until the wine is absorbed.

  4. Stir in the grated Parmesan cheese and reduced Espagnole sauce until hot.

Finish and serve

  1. Garnish the timbale case.

  2. Turn it out onto a dish.

  3. Glaze it.

  4. Pour a little brown sauce around the base 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. Truffle + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,900 recipes

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

  2. Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,199 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Scallop + saucetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Truffle + parmesan cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together140 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Scallop + mushroomtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Raviolis
Form the bulk of the timbale and hold the filling together in a set shape.
Truffles
Add a concentrated earthy aroma that defines the dish's flavour.
Red tongue
Contributes savoury meaty substance and texture to the filling.
Mushrooms
Add moisture-rich body and savoury umami to the filling.
Madeira
Adds sweetness and depth as its alcohol and sugars reduce into the filling.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savoury, salty flavour and helps bind the filling as it heats.

The step that matters

Boil quickly over high heat until the wine is absorbed. Rapid boiling evaporates the Madeira so the filling is concentrated and not watery; a slow reduction would leave excess liquid that soaks the ravioli and loosens the timbale when turned out.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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