Why it works: Parsley and marjoram match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,979 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓
Giblet Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Make the broth
Boil the beef, mutton, and veal in the water.
Stew the meat gently until the broth begins to taste well.
Remove the meat and let the broth stand until cold.
Skim off all the fat.
Add the giblets to the broth and simmer them until they are very tender.
Take them out and strain the soup through a cloth.
Finish and serve
Put a piece of butter rolled in flour into a pan with the parsley, chives, pennyroyal, and sweet marjoram.
Place the soup over a slow fire.
Add the giblets, fried butter, herbs, a little Madeira wine, some salt, and cayenne pepper.
When the herbs are tender, serve the soup.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 8 of 13 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Madeira Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Chive | 1 tbsp (3g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Mutton | not in our table | 0 |
| Veal | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pennyroyal | not in our table | 0 |
| Sweet Marjoram | 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.
Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.
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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.
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Parsley + marjoramtop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,979 recipes
Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
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Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together2,150 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Chive + marjoramtop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together70 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Flour + chivetop 8% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,168 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Beef + muttontop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,373 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Gravy beef
- Gives the broth its body and meaty flavour as it stews.
- Mutton scrag
- Adds rich, gelatinous flavour to the broth during long, gentle stewing.
- Veal scrag
- Adds body and a mild, savoury depth to the stock.
- Giblets
- Provide tender meat and a distinctive rich flavour to the finished soup.
- Butter
- Enriches the soup and, with flour, thickens it and adds fat for mouthfeel.
- Madeira wine
- Adds sweetness and aromatic depth to the finished soup.
The step that matters
Skim off all the fat. Fat left on the cooled broth would make the soup greasy and heavy. Chilling lets the fat solidify on the surface so it can be lifted off cleanly.
Swap the marjoram
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, mutton, veal, butter, flour, parsley, chive):
- Capersfits better
- Tarragonfits about as well
- Thymefits about as well
- Marjoramthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against beef, mutton, veal, butter, flour, parsley, chive. 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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