Why it works: Veal and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,049 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Pheasant
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the diced veal and minced bacon, and season with pepper.
Stuff the mixture into the body of the pheasant.
Tie the pheasant to prevent the stuffing from escaping, or roast it with the head downwards.
Roast the pheasant until cooked through, allowing the gravy from the veal to keep it juicy and tender.
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 + peppertop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together10,049 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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