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Boiled Leg of Mutton

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Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,451 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Boiled Leg of Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Put the mutton into boiling water to cover, boil for fifteen minutes, then set aside and simmer, allow- ing twenty minutes to a pound. One-half hour before removing the meat add turnip cut in half-inch slices. Remove the meat to a hot platter, garnish with the turnip, cover the top with chopped parsley or capers. Serve with caper sauce. Save the water to use with the bone and left-over pieces for soups.

  2. 84 ROCKY MOUNTAIN COOK BOOK. RAGOUT OF MUTTON.

  3. 2 Ibs. from the neck or flank. 2 tablespoonfuls butter. 1 tablespoonful flour. 1 onion. 1 carrot.

  4. y% can peas.

  5. Sprig of parsley.

  6. Salt and pepper to taste.

  7. Put the butter into the frying pan. When melted add the flour and brown. Then add the carrot and onion cut in small dice and the seasonings and mut- ton. Cook, stirring frequently until all are brown; then add the stock or water and meat. Cover closely, let simmer for two hours, add the peas just before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

639Calories
15 gProtein
13 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

By Norton, Caroline Trask. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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.

  1. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

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

  4. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

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

  5. Onion + peppertop 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, carrot, clove, pepper):

  1. Parsnipfits better
  2. Turnipfits better
  3. Leekfits better
  4. Onionthe original

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

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