Skip to main content

Tblisi Beef

Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Mustard and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,259 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Tblisi Beef

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the spices in a bowl and set aside.

  2. Place the meat on a cutting board and cut into 3/4 chunks.

  3. Lay these chunks flat and sprinkle with the spice mixture.

  4. Cook the noodles and allow to remian ion the water.

  5. Take a large, heavy pot and place it on High heat for 3-4 minutes.

  6. Add 1 T of vegetable oil and then the onions.

  7. Saute until onions are turning transluscent.

  8. Add the meat and the remianing spice mixture.

  9. Stir and cook for approx. 4-6 minutes.

  10. Add the stock. Scrape the pot bottom for the crusts and mix them into the meat.

  11. Cook for 6 minutes more and reduece the heat to Medium-High and stir in the sifted flour.

  12. Stir and cook for 3 minutes.

  13. Add the mushrooms and cook for 3 more minutes.

  14. Whisk in the sour cream and cook for 2-3 minutes.

  15. Drain the noodles, place a serving of noodles on each plate and sevre the meat mixture over the noodles.

  16. Category:Georgian Recipes

  17. Category:Georgian Meat Dishes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

530Calories
45 gProtein
30 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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.

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. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

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

  2. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 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 white pepper

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

  1. Celeryfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

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

You might also like