Why it works: Sauce and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 39% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,895 recipes. The science ↓
Calf's Head a LA Terrapin
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the meat from the cheek of the boiled calf's head into 1-inch square pieces.
Stir the pieces into the Terra- pin Sauce.
For best flavor, prepare this dish a few hours before serving.
Slice the hard-boiled egg whites and mix them in with the meat.
Place the bowl over a kettle of boiling water (bain-marie) for 30 to 45 minutes to heat without cooking.
Serve in a casserole or deep dish.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Sauce + eggtop 39% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together10,895 recipes
Sauce and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,895 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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