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Mutton Kebbobed

A roasted mutton kebab seasoned with parsley, thyme, nutmeg, breadcrumbs, and eggs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Mutton Kebbobed

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Joint the loin of mutton well.

  2. Mix parsley, thyme, nutmeg, bread crumbs, and eggs together.

  3. Put the dressing between each joint of the mutton.

  4. If there is a large flap, place some dressing inside and secure with skewers.

Roast

  1. Roast in a 350°F (175°C) oven for one hour.

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. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Parsley + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Thyme + nutmegtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Mutton + breadtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,488 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton
Forms the main body of the dish, and the dressing is packed around its joints.
Eggs
Bind the dressing so it holds together and sets as it cooks.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture and give the dressing body so it does not turn runny.
Parsley
Adds fresh, green aroma to the dressing.
Dried thyme
Adds earthy, savoury aroma to the dressing.
Nutmeg
Adds warm, sweet aroma to the dressing.

The step that matters

Secure the large flap with skewers. Loose dressing can escape during roasting. Skewers hold the flap closed so the stuffing stays inside and cooks through with the meat.

Swap the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mutton, parsley, nutmeg, bread, egg):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits about as well
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Thymethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mutton, parsley, nutmeg, bread, egg. 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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