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Steak with Porcini Butter

Porcini sea salt adds rich smoky notes to these filets mignons. Be sure to use unsalted butter and, for best results, combine the butter with the porcini salt a day in advance. Accompany the steaks with sautéed spinach and roasted potatoes.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Steak with Porcini Butter

Why it works: Pepper and chive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,885 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Steak with Porcini Butter

Serves 6.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

228Calories
0 gProtein
25 gFat
2 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Porcininot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pepper + chivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Canola oil + chivetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Butter + chivetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Butter + canola oiltop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together566 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Pepper + canola oiltop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,125 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the chive

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Onionfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, pepper, canola oil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.