Why it works: Beef and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,220 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓
Beefsteak
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Preheat your grill or broiler to high heat.
Season and cook
Season the beefsteak and raw beef with coarse sea salt.
Drizzle olive oil over the beef.
Broil the beefsteak for a few minutes on each side until cooked to your liking.
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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Beef + olivetop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,220 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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What each ingredient does
- Beefsteak
- Provides the main meat, browning on the surface as it broils and developing flavor.
- Raw beef
- Adds more meat to the dish, cooking through alongside the steak.
- Olive oil
- Adds fat that helps the surface of the beef brown and carries flavor.
The step that matters
Broil the beefsteak on each side until cooked to your liking. Cut fine, the meat cooks quickly, so a few minutes too long can dry it out. Checking doneness on each side keeps it juicy and to the intended level.
“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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