Why it works: Parsley and summer savory match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 241 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓
Veal Cutlets
Ingredients
Directions
Rub the veal cutlets with the egg.
Sprinkle the cutlets well with bread crumbs.
Brown the cutlets in a mixture of butter and lard.
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.
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Parsley + summer savorytop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together241 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together34,122 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Summer savory + peppertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together671 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,232 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Summer savory + oniontop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together299 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Veal cutlets
- Serve as the main protein that is coated and browned in the pan.
- Egg
- Binds the bread crumbs to the surface of the cutlets so the coating sticks.
- Bread crumbs
- Form a crisp, golden coating that browns during frying.
- Butter and lard
- Provide the frying fat that browns the coating and adds richness.
The step that matters
Brown the cutlets in a mixture of butter and lard. The coating needs enough hot fat to brown evenly and crisp. If the pan is too cool, the crumbs absorb grease and turn soggy; if too hot, they scorch before the veal cooks through.
Swap the onion
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (veal, bread, parsley, summer savory, pepper, egg, butter):
- Shallotfits better
- Carrotfits better
- Capsicumfits better
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against veal, bread, parsley, summer savory, pepper, egg, butter. 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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