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Veal Gravy

A gravy made from veal slices and ham, simmered in water until thick.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Veal and ham are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,264 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Veal Gravy

Ingredients

Directions

Brown the meat

  1. In a pan, brown the veal slices over medium heat.

  2. Add the diced ham and cook until both are browned.

Make the gravy

  1. Pour in water, ensuring it is added at the right time to maintain flavor.

  2. Simmer until the gravy thickens, stirring occasionally.

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Veal
Forms the meaty base, and its browned surface builds the gravy's savory flavor.
Ham
Adds salty, savory depth and browned flavor to the gravy.

The step that matters

Brown the veal and ham before adding water. Browning triggers the Maillard reaction, which creates rich, savory flavor compounds. If water goes in too early, the meat steams instead of browning, and the gravy tastes flatter.

“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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