Why it works: Oyster and veal work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 988 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓
Fish Soups
Ingredients
Directions
Chop the oysters and veal sweetbread into equal portions.
Mix the chopped oysters and veal sweetbread together.
Form the mixture into patties.
Place a single oyster in each patty for decoration.
Stack the patties to create a pyramid shape for presentation.
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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Oyster + vealtop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together988 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
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