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Veal Chops

Breaded or battered veal chops fried or broiled after seasoning.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Milk and wheat are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

Veal Chops

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chops

  1. Cut veal chops about 1 inch thick.

  2. Beat them flat with a rolling pin.

  3. Pour boiling water over the chops. Set them over the fire for 5 minutes.

  4. Remove the chops. Wipe them dry.

  5. Rub each with salt and pepper.

Bread and fry

  1. Dip each chop first into the beaten egg. Dip each chop into rolled crackers.

  2. Fry the chops in hot lard or beef drippings.

  3. Broil the chops over a clear fire.

  4. Place the chops on a buttered steak dish.

  5. Turn them carefully until well done.

Make the batter and gravy

  1. Dip the chops into a batter made of 1 beaten egg, ½ teacup milk, and enough wheat flour to thicken.

  2. Fry the chops in hot lard or beef fat until golden brown on both sides.

  3. Add 1 tablespoon of fat to the pan after frying.

  4. Make a thin batter with 1 tablespoon of wheat flour and cold water.

  5. Stir the batter into the hot fat until cooked and brown.

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. Milk + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  2. Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  3. Beef + wheattop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together319 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Veal + beeftop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,784 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Meat + beeftop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,533 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Veal chops
Provide the meat that is flattened, seasoned, coated and fried.
Beaten egg
Binds the cracker crumbs or batter to the surface of the chops.
Rolled crackers
Form a crisp, browned coating on the outside of the chops.
Wheat flour
Thickens the batter and the pan mixture into a smooth sauce.
Lard or beef drippings
Conducts heat for frying and adds richness and browning to the surface.

The step that matters

Fry the chops in hot fat until golden brown on both sides. Fat must be hot enough to brown the coating quickly; a cool pan lets the coating soak up grease and turn soggy before the meat cooks through.

“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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