Why it works: Veal and truffle work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 815 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Salami Veal
Ingredients
Directions
Remove the chine bone and tendons from the veal breast.
Flatten the veal and spread the forcemeat over it.
Layer with green peppers, red bell peppers, ham or bacon, hard boiled egg yolks, and truffles.
If available, add boiled calves' feet and pieces of fowl.
Sprinkle with pepper and salt, then roll tightly and wrap in cloth.
Tie securely and stew for 3 hours or more.
Remove from the pot, press flat, and let cool completely before unwrapping.
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 + truffletop 11% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together815 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Ham + truffletop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together516 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Meat + hamtop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,095 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Meat + truffletop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together527 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Veal + hamtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,264 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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