Why it works: Venison and sherry work together. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Venison Patties
Ingredients
Directions
Finely mince the cold roast venison.
Moisten the mince with a little sherry or gravy.
Warm the mixture in a saucepan.
Fill the patty shells with the venison mixture.
Serve as you would oyster patties.
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 + sherrytop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together42 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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