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Triple Chops

A mutton chop recipe where three chops are tied together, grilled, and the middle chop is served after discarding the outer chops.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Mutton and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,442 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Triple Chops

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Take three mutton chops and place the best one in the middle.

  2. Tie the chops together in a bundle.

Cook and serve

  1. Place the bundle on a grill over a good fire.

  2. Turn the bundle frequently to allow the gravy to soak into the middle chop.

  3. When the outside chops are overcooked, discard them and serve the middle chop.

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. Mutton + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton chops
Form the main protein; the middle chop is the one served, so its juices and gravy are the point.

The step that matters

Turning the bundle frequently. Frequent turning spreads heat and juices across the bundle so the middle chop cooks through and absorbs gravy, rather than the outer chops burning while the centre stays underdone.

“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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