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Hares De Sanglier En Galantine

Contains saltpetre, which may pose food safety risks.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Hares De Sanglier En Galantine

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the head from the boar close to the shoulders, keeping the neck intact.

  2. Singe the head carefully, especially the ears, and scrape it clean.

  3. Bone the head by cutting lengthwise underneath without cutting the skin.

  4. Rub the head with seasoning spice and saltpetre, then strew with herbs and vegetables.

  5. After two days, rub it again with seasoning and leave for 4 to 6 days.

  6. Remove herbs and wipe the head with a napkin.

  7. Cut meat from the thick part of the neck and place it on the muzzle for even thickness.

  8. Cover the surface with a forcemeat made from chopped pork, bacon, seasoning, eggs, and sweet herbs.

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. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Nutmeg + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,768 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  5. Basil + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, basil, nutmeg, clove, carrot, parsley, pork):

  1. Parsnipfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Turnipfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, basil, nutmeg, clove, carrot, parsley, pork. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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