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Broiled Veal Kidney

Broiled veal kidneys seasoned with salt, pepper, butter, parsley, and lemon juice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Broiled Veal Kidney

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the kidneys in half, opening them but not dividing completely.

  2. Insert two wooden skewers through each kidney to keep them flat.

  3. Sprinkle salt and pepper over the kidneys.

  4. Dip the kidneys in melted butter.

Broil and serve

  1. Broil over a bright fire until cooked through.

  2. Serve with a sauce made of melted butter, chopped parsley, and a little lemon juice.

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Butter + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Butter + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Veal kidneys
Form the main body of the dish, becoming tender when cooked through over high heat.
Melted butter
Adds richness and moisture, and carries flavor over the kidneys during broiling.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the rich butter sauce.

The step that matters

Broil over a bright fire until cooked through. Kidneys turn tough and rubbery if overcooked, so they need intense, brief heat and a check for doneness. Cutting them partly open and skewering them flat helps them cook evenly and quickly.

“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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