Why it works: Turkey and veal work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 393 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓
Turkeys
Ingredients
Directions
Truss the turkey as you would for fowls.
Place some good stuffing in the cavity where the crop was removed.
Roast or boil the turkey as desired.
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 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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Turkey + vealtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together393 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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