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Beef Olives De Bceuf

Rolled beef slices stuffed with forcemeat, coated in bacon, and stewed in stock.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Beef and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,971 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Beef Olives De Bceuf

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the beef

  1. Flatten the beef slices with a rolling pin until tender.

  2. Brush the slices with the beaten egg yolk.

  3. Sprinkle the chopped herbs, salt, and pepper over the beef.

  4. Spread a thin layer of forcemeat on each slice.

  5. Roll the slices tightly and secure with skewers and twine.

Stew and serve

  1. Place the rolled beef in a stewpan with stock, ensuring they fit tightly.

  2. Cover with thin slices of bacon and paper.

  3. Stew gently on the stove for over 2 hours.

  4. Remove from the stock and serve arranged on a dish with sauce piquante, poivrade, or ragout.

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. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  3. Beef + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,220 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Beef + meattop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,533 recipes

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

  5. Meat + olivetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,485 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

Beef slices from the rump
Forms the wrapped outer layer that becomes tender during slow stewing.
Egg yolk
Binds the herbs and seasoning to the beef surface.
Forcemeat
Adds a moist, savoury filling that keeps each roll juicy as it cooks.
Fat bacon
Adds fat and savoury flavour that bastes the rolls as they stew.

The step that matters

Stew gently on the stove. Gentle heat over a long period breaks down the connective tissue in rump beef, making it tender. Boiling hard toughens the meat and can dry out the filling.

“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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