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New York Strip Steak with Creamed Spinach

One of the mildest and most delicate curries in Indian cooking, vadouvan lends a sweet, delicate complexity and a hint of tangy spice to pan-seared steak. This curry blend is enlivened with shallots and curry leaves, which come from a tree in the citrus family. Creamed spinach, seasoned with a pinch of nutmeg, is a classic accompaniment to steak; the richness helps to bring out the flavors of the vadouvan.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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New York Strip Steak with Creamed Spinach

Why it works: Spinach and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 198 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

New York Strip Steak with Creamed Spinach

Serves 2.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

462Calories
31 gProtein
33 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Spinach + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  3. Spinach + nutmegtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mushroom + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Shallot + nutmegtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,019 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the lemon

The recipe marks lemon as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, spinach, butter, mushroom, shallot, cream, nutmeg):

  1. Lemonthe original
  2. Avocadofits about as well
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, spinach, butter, mushroom, shallot, cream, nutmeg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.