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Timbal a LA Jardiniere

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Chervil and tarragon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 824 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Timbal a LA Jardiniere

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Line a fancy border mold with aspic jelly about 1 inch thick.

  2. Garnish with fresh sprigs of chervil and tarragon.

  3. Place quarters of hard-boiled egg garnished with strips of French red chili in the mold, set with a little aspic jelly.

  4. Fill the mold with cooked vegetables and set with cool aspic jelly.

  5. Place on ice until firm.

  6. Dip the mold in hot water and turn out onto a flat cold dish.

  7. Fill the center with thin slices of cooked meat seasoned with vinaigrette sauce.

  8. Cover with a thick layer of mayonnaise sauce using a large piping bag.

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. Chervil + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together824 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Tarragon + saucetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together566 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Chervil + saucetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together262 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Chervil + eggtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together620 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  5. Tarragon + eggtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,789 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

Swap the chervil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tarragon, egg, meat, sauce):

  1. Chervilthe original
  2. Capersfits about as well
  3. Parsleyfits less well
  4. Nutmegfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against tarragon, egg, meat, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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