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Veal Roll

Veal cutlet rolled with parsley, almonds, onion, carrot, and bay leaves, then steamed.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Veal Roll

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the roll

  1. Cut the veal cutlet evenly to ensure uniform thickness.

  2. Sprinkle the cutlet with parsley, then with chopped almonds and salt.

  3. Roll the cutlet tightly and tie it to maintain its shape.

Steam and serve

  1. In a stewing pan, place the sliced onion, carrot, and bay leaves.

  2. Steam the veal roll in the pan for 1.5 hours.

  3. Allow the roll to cool, then slice it for 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. Parsley + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

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

  2. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Parsley + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

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

  4. Almond + carrottop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together416 recipes

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

  5. Parsley + almondtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together548 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Veal cutlet
Forms the main body of the roll and becomes tender with long, gentle moist cooking.
Almonds
Add crunch and a nutty flavour that contrasts with the soft meat.
Parsley
Adds fresh, herbal aroma and a bright note to the savoury filling.
Onion
Releases sweetness and aroma into the steaming liquid, flavouring the veal.

The step that matters

Rolling and tying the cutlet tightly. A loose roll can open or unravel during steaming, and uneven thickness cooks unevenly. Tight rolling and tying keep the filling enclosed and the slices neat.

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, parsley, onion, carrot):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against veal, parsley, onion, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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