Why it works: Mutton and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,915 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓
A Digestible Mutton Chop
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the mutton chop on a plate over a saucepan, turning once or twice, for 20 to 25 minutes.
Cover the cooked chop with parsley or caper sauce.
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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Mutton + parsleytop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,915 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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What each ingredient does
- Mutton chop
- Provides the main protein, which firms and browns as it cooks through.
“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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