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Timbale of Raviolis, a LA Romaine

A baked dish of ravioli, truffles, red tongue, mushrooms, Madeira, game glaze, Parmesan, and Espagnole sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Truffle and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,900 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Timbale of Raviolis, a LA Romaine

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil the raviolis in consommé and drain them in a sieve.

  2. In a stewpan, combine truffles, red tongue, and mushrooms.

Make the filling

  1. Add Madeira and game glaze, then boil quickly over high heat until absorbed.

  2. Stir in Parmesan cheese and reduced Espagnole sauce until hot.

Serve

  1. Garnish the timbale case, turn it out onto a dish, glaze it, and pour brown sauce around the base before serving.

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. Truffle + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,900 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,199 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Scallop + saucetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Truffle + parmesan cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together140 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Scallop + mushroomtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

What each ingredient does

Raviolis
Form the bulk of the timbale and hold the filling together as its structure.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savoury, salty flavour and helps the mixture bind as it heats.
Madeira
Adds sweet, fortified wine flavour as it reduces into the filling.
Game glaze
Concentrates meaty flavour and adds body to the filling.
Reduced espagnole sauce
Adds rich, savoury depth and moisture to the filling.

The step that matters

Boil the Madeira and game glaze quickly over high heat until absorbed. Rapid boiling reduces the liquid and concentrates flavour without letting it stew. If it is left too long or too gently, the filling can turn wet or lose its intended body.

“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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