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Harbled Veal

Veal breast rolled with ham and hard‑boiled eggs, simmered until tender and served sliced.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Harbled Veal

6 hard-boiled eggs are listed; no servings stated

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the roll

  1. Season the veal with chopped parsley, coarse sea salt, and black pepper.

  2. Lay thin slices of ham and hard-boiled eggs on the veal.

  3. Roll the veal tightly in a cloth.

  4. Tie the cloth around the veal.

Cook and set

  1. Simmer in a small amount of water for several hours until tender.

  2. Pour the cooking liquid over the veal.

  3. Press the veal with a weight until cold.

  4. Remove the cloth.

Slice and serve

  1. Cut the veal into thin slices.

  2. Garnish with parsley.

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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

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

  3. Ham + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

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

  4. Veal + parsleytop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,766 recipes

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

  5. Veal + peppertop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,049 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal breast
Forms the main body of the roll and becomes tender during long, gentle simmering.
Hard-boiled eggs
Add firm, sliceable structure and a visible contrast inside the roll.
Ham
Adds savory, salty flavor throughout the filling.
Cooking liquid (in the method)
Keeps the veal moist and, once cold, helps it hold together and set.

The step that matters

Pressing the veal until cold. Pressing while the roll cools compacts the layers so they bind together and slice cleanly. Releasing it too early can let the roll crumble or separate.

“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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