Why it works: Mutton and tomato work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 452 recipes. Both carry 1-nonanal, which smells fatty, waxy. The science ↓
Breaded Chops
Ingredients
Directions
Bread the chops by coating them with breadcrumbs.
Heat oil in a deep pan for frying.
Lower the basket with the chops gently into the hot oil.
Fry until cooked through, then lift the basket to drain excess oil.
Place the cooked chops on brown paper on a warm pan.
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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Mutton + tomatotop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together452 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).
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