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Creamed Beef in Shredded Wheat

Creamed beef served over prepared shredded wheat.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41,516 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Creamed Beef in Shredded Wheat

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare shredded wheat according to package instructions.

Make the creamed beef

  1. Cook beef in a skillet with butter until browned.

  2. Add cream to the beef and stir until heated through.

  3. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Serve

  1. Serve the creamed beef over the prepared shredded wheat.

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. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Wheat + beeftop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together319 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  4. Wheat + buttertop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,002 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Wheat + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together984 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Beef
Provides the main savory meat base and browned flavor of the dish.
Cream
Adds richness and moisture, creating a smooth sauce when heated with the beef.
Butter
Adds fat for cooking the beef and contributes richness and browning.
Shredded wheat
Forms the base the creamed beef is served over, adding body to the meal.

The step that matters

Browning the beef in butter. If the beef is crowded or the pan is not hot enough, it steams rather than browns, losing the savory flavor that the Maillard reaction creates on the meat's surface.

“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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