Why it works: Milk and mutton match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 814 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Shred the mutton suet and add it to the skim milk in a saucepan.
Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer gently for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Strain the mixture and take it at bedtime.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Milk + muttontop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together814 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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