Name: Veal Pie
Ingredients: knuckle of veal; coarse sea salt; parsley; hard-boiled eggs; milk; pie crust

Why it works: Veal and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,766 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Veal Pie

Ingredients

Directions

Cut slices from the knuckle of veal and season with plenty of coarse sea salt.
Scald the parsley, squeeze it dry, and chop it coarsely.
Layer the bottom of a dish with parsley, then add a layer of veal and fat, followed by thick slices of hard-boiled eggs.
Repeat the layers, finishing with parsley on top.
Pour milk into the dish, ensuring it does not touch the crust.
Cover with pie crust and bake until golden brown.

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.

Veal + parsleytop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together4,766 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together88,785 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Parsley + eggtop 21% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,765 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Veal + milktop 24% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,013 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).
Parsley + milktop 26% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,011 recipes

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