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Beef Medallions with Curry Cream Sauce

Here, beef medallions are enlivened with a vibrant cream sauce that’s seasoned with African curry, which lends mild heat and tangy hints of citrus.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Beef Medallions with Curry Cream Sauce

Why it works: Beef and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,148 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Beef Medallions with Curry Cream Sauce

Serves 2.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

623Calories
58 gProtein
38 gFat
4 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
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. Beef + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  2. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  3. Canola oil + shallottop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together65 recipes

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

  4. Shallot + white winetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together881 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + shallottop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,898 recipes

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

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, pepper, canola oil, white wine, chicken, cream):

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

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