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Peppercorn-Seasoned Steaks with Mustard-Wine Sauce

"This is the perfect main dish for a special evening. Tenderloin steaks are seasoned with pepper, pan seared and served with a fresh and savory mustard-wine sauce."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Wine and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,015 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

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4 servings
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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. Wine + mustardtop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,015 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Shallot + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together842 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + parsleytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,718 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the parsley

The recipe marks parsley as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, shallot, wine, mustard, butter):

  1. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Parsleythe original
  4. Capersabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper, shallot, wine, mustard, butter. 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).