Why it works: Flour and currant are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 26% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,077 recipes. The science ↓
Saddle of Mutton Roasted
Ingredients
Directions
Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 2 of 5 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Mutton | not in our table | 0 |
| Dripping | not in our table | 0 |
| Currant | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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Flour + curranttop 26% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together8,077 recipes
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Mutton + curranttop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together393 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Mutton + flourtop 29% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,695 recipes
Shared aroma: hexanal (grass, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the currant
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mutton, flour):
- Raisinfits better
- Red currantfits better
- Pumpkinfits better
- Currantthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against mutton, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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