Name: French Dip Sandwich with Dark Ale Jus
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 7 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 whole (4 Lb. Size) Sirloin Tip Roast (or Rump Roast); 10-½ ounces, fluid Beef Broth; 10-½ ounces, fluid Onion Soup; 1 clove Garlic, Minced; 1 Tablespoon Montreal Steak Spice; 12 ounces, fluid Dark Ale; 6 Fresh French Rolls; 2 Tablespoons Butter; 8 ounces, weight Sea Salt And Ground Black Pepper To Taste

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

French Dip Sandwich with Dark Ale Jus

Serves 6

Prep10 min

Cook7 hr

Ingredients

1 whole (4 Lb. Size) Sirloin Tip Roast (or Rump Roast)
10-½ ounces, fluid Beef Broth
10-½ ounces, fluid Onion Soup
1 clove Garlic, Minced
1 Tablespoon Montreal Steak Spice
12 ounces, fluid Dark Ale
6 Fresh French Rolls
2 Tablespoons Butter
8 ounces, weight Sea Salt And Ground Black Pepper To Taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

406Calories

28 gProtein

27 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Soup	not in our table	0

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

By tastykitchen. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,092 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked 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

Swap the clove

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

Parsleyfits better
Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

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

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