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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Quenelles, Etc

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Prepare the mold by ornamenting it with chilled, blanched vegetables like carrots, beets, or truffles.

  2. In a bowl, combine the raw pulp of fowl, veal, brains, sweetbreads, or fish with cooked pulp of cured ham or pickled tongue.

  3. Add cooked vegetables and mix in a thick sauce or cream.

  4. If using eggs, beat them slightly and fold into the mixture for a smooth texture.

  5. For a mousse, separate the yolks and whites of the eggs, beat the whites stiff, and fold in last.

  6. Fill the prepared mold with the mixture and bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven until firm.

  7. Unmold 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. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Fish + hamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Veal + hamtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,264 recipes

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

  4. Ham + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

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

  5. Veal + fishtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together230 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

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

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