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Soft-roes, ‘a LA Villeroi’

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Soft-roes, ‘a LA Villeroi’

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the live soft-roes of carp in acidulated water.

  2. Boil them briefly in the water to firm them up, then drain.

  3. In a sauté pan, season the soft-roes and add cooked fine herbs thickened with melted glaze.

  4. Let the mixture cool, then take each soft-roe, dip it in Villeroi sauce, and place on a baking sheet to firm up.

  5. Once firm, roll each soft-roe in bread crumbs, then dip in beaten eggs, and coat again with bread crumbs.

  6. Heat plenty of hot fat in a pan and fry the soft-roes until they are a nice color.

  7. Drain on a cloth and serve in a group on a napkin.

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. Roe + saucetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together142 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  3. Roe + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together243 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  4. Roe + breadtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together123 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Sauce + breadtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,934 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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