Why it works: Liver and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,375 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Calf's Liver a LA Brochette
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Cut the liver and bacon into small, equal-sized pieces.
Thread the liver and bacon alternately onto tinned skewers.
Dredge the skewers with pepper.
Place the skewers in a dripping pan in the oven at 400°F (200°C).
Turn the skewers over two or three times while cooking.
Once cooked, place the liver and bacon on buttered toast.
Hold the toast in place with a fork while removing the skewers.
Serve immediately.
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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Liver + peppertop 21% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,375 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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