Name: Galantine De Dinde
Ingredients: 1 turkey, boned; prepared forcemeat; cooked lean ham, sliced; fat bacon, sliced; lean veal, sliced; pepper, to taste; coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt'), to taste; veal or turkey stock; aspic jelly, for decoration

Why it works: Turkey and ham work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 303 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Galantine De Dinde

Ingredients

Directions

Truss the legs of the boned turkey inside.
Spread a layer of prepared forcemeat over the turkey.
Layer strips of cooked lean ham, fat bacon, and lean veal alternately on top.
Season with pepper and coarse sea salt.
Cover with another layer of forcemeat and fill the turkey, maintaining its shape.
Sew it up to keep its shape and wrap it in a cloth.
Stew in veal or turkey stock for three hours.
Check for doneness with a probe; if ready, remove the bandages.
Place the turkey in a dish and press it with a weight until cold, keeping its shape.
Decorate with aspic jelly and create designs like stars or flowers on top.

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.

Turkey + hamtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together303 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,636 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Turkey + vealtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together393 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Ham + vealtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together3,264 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Veal + peppertop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,049 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).