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Trask Homestead Stew

A hearty stew of beef, vegetables, barley, and soy sauce, finished with dumplings.

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Why it works: Celery and carrot 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 ↓

Trask Homestead Stew

Timeone to two hours

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut up vegetables and set aside.

  2. Cut stew beef into cubes.

Make the stew

  1. Braise until very brown in kettle or deep saucepan.

  2. Add vegetables.

  3. Add enough water to cover all, plus one cup.

  4. Bring to boil.

  5. Add spices, barley, and soy sauce.

  6. Simmer covered one to two hours.

  7. Bring to slow boil.

  8. Add dumplings.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

733Calories
38 gProtein
16 gFat
110 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turnip1 medium (122g)34
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
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.

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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. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Turnip + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,002 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Turnip + barleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together629 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Celery + turniptop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Carrot + oreganotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together536 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

What each ingredient does

Stew meat
Browning in the pan builds deep savory flavor, and long simmering makes the meat tender.
Barley
Thickens the broth as its starch releases during simmering, and adds chewy body.
Soy sauce
Adds salty, savory depth and helps deepen the color of the broth.
Carrots
Add natural sweetness and hold their shape through long simmering.
Onions
Release sweetness and aroma as they cook into the broth.

The step that matters

Braise the meat until very brown. Browning meat triggers the Maillard reaction, which creates deep, savory flavors. Pale meat added to the pot yields a flatter, less rich broth.

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, celery, turnip, onion, carrot, barley, sauce):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, celery, turnip, onion, carrot, barley, sauce. 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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