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Stewed Leg of Mutton

A leg of mutton stewed with bacon, vegetables, wine, and spices.

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Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Stewed Leg of Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the meat

  1. Lard the meat with bacon rolled in paprika, garlic, and pepper.

Stew

  1. Salt and stew in the oil together with the vegetables sliced into large pieces.

  2. Later add the flour and tomato paste diluted with some cold water.

  3. Pour over the wine and some hot water, add spices and peeled lemon slices and simmer on a low fire.

Finish and serve

  1. When cooked, take out the meat and cut into slices.

  2. Push the sauce through a sieve.

  3. Serve sprinkled with finely chopped parsley.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

768Calories
24 gProtein
5 gFat
153 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Muttonnot in our table0
Pimentonot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Tomato + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

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

  5. Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Leg mutton
Provides the main meat, which becomes tender through long, slow stewing.
Bacon
Adds fat and savoury flavour that penetrates the meat as it cooks.
White wine
Adds acidity and aroma that help balance the rich, savoury sauce.
Flour
Thickens the cooking liquid into a smoother, more body-filled sauce.
Tomato paste
Adds concentrated tomato flavour, colour and body to the sauce.
Lemon
Contributes acidity and fragrant citrus aroma to the stewing liquid.

The step that matters

Simmer on a low fire. Gentle, low heat lets tough connective tissue in the mutton break down slowly, so the meat becomes tender rather than dry or stringy.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mutton, carrot, tomato, pepper, celery, potato, garlic):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mutton, carrot, tomato, pepper, celery, potato, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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