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Italian Roast Beef II

"This is an absolutely simple but delicious dish."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Beef and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 18,971 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

The recipe

8 servings
Cook3 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F (163°C).

  2. Rub the beef chuck roast all over with the minced garlic and black pepper to taste.

  3. Place the roast in a Dutch oven or deep roasting pan just large enough to hold it.

  4. Pour the Italian-style salad dressing over the roast, turning it so it is coated on all sides.

  5. Cover the pan tightly with a lid or foil and cook in the oven for 180 minutes.

  6. Uncover the pan, spoon the juices over the roast, and cook uncovered for 30 more minutes, until a thermometer in the thickest part reads at least 145°F (63°C).

  7. Transfer the roast to a cutting board and rest for 3 minutes, then slice or shred against the grain and serve with the pan juices spooned over.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Beef + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Garlic + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Beef + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper):

  1. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  2. Celerybetter flavor fit
  3. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).