Why it works: Liver and ham work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 298 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓
Stewed Rump Steak
Ingredients
Directions
Trim the fowl pieces and place them in a pie dish.
Roll up the ham slices and place them between the fowl pieces, excluding the backs and pinions.
Add ½ cup of white stock to the dish.
Make 1 pound of puff paste as for a pigeon pie.
Cover the pie with the puff paste and bake as you would a pigeon pie for about 1 hour.
Chop the bones and remnants from the fowl and pound them in a mortar.
Place the chopped bones in a stewpan with ½ pint of water and ½ pint of white stock, and let simmer until the pie is baked.
Strain the liquid to remove grease and fill the pie with it before serving.
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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Liver + hamtop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together298 recipes
Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).
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Liver + peppertop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,375 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Ham + peppertop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together6,058 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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