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Small Pain Pe Yeau, Oh, Veal Cake

A small baked loaf of minced veal and beef suet seasoned with salt, white pepper, mace or nutmeg, and lemon rind.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: White pepper and mace are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,695 recipes. Both carry myrcene, which smells balsamic, herbaceous. The science ↓

Small Pain Pe Yeau, Oh, Veal Cake

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the loaf

  1. In a bowl, combine the veal, beef kidney suet, salt, white pepper, mace or nutmeg, and lemon rind. Mix thoroughly with a chopping knife until well combined.

  2. Press the mixture smoothly into a small round baking dish.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F (175°C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

  2. Lift it onto a clean hot dish. Serve plain or with brown gravy.

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. White pepper + macetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,695 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  2. Veal + beeftop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,784 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  3. Beef + hamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,729 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Veal + hamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,264 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. White pepper + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,658 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal
Forms the firm, sliceable body of the loaf as its proteins set when baked.
Beef kidney suet
Adds fat that keeps the loaf moist and tender as it cooks.
Lemon rind
Adds bright aromatic oils that lift the mild meat flavour.

The step that matters

Mix thoroughly until well combined. Chopped meat and suet must be evenly distributed so the loaf sets uniformly and fat does not pool in pockets. Uneven mixing leads to a crumbly or greasy slice.

“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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