Why it works: Venison and butter work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 957 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓
Venison Steaks
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Prepare
Preheat your grill or broiler.
Season the venison steaks with coarse sea salt and black pepper.
Cook and serve
Broil the steaks until they are rare, about 4-5 minutes per side.
Serve with melted butter on top.
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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Venison + buttertop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together957 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together85,593 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Venison + peppertop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together955 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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What each ingredient does
- Venison steaks
- Lean red meat that is the main component, cooked quickly to stay tender.
- Butter
- Adds richness and a silky mouthfeel that complements the lean meat.
The step that matters
Broil the steaks until rare. Venison is very lean, so overcooking dries it out quickly. Cooking only to rare keeps the interior juicy and tender, and the steaks continue to firm slightly as they rest.
“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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