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Beryl Cisler

Fried sweetbreads coated in breadcrumbs and egg, served with tomato sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Paidar, Marie, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Ginger and tea work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 216 recipes. Both carry (e)-2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Beryl Cisler

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Parboil sweetbreads.

Coat and fry

  1. Roll the sweetbreads in fine bread crumbs, then in egg, and again in crumbs.

  2. Fry until a nice brown in deep, hot fat or in a frying pan with a little fat.

Serve

  1. Serve with tomato sauce.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

541Calories
20 gProtein
7 gFat
98 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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.

By Paidar, Marie, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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.

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. Ginger + teatop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together216 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  2. Ginger + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,800 recipes

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

  3. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  4. Tea + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together260 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Bread + teatop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together383 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Sweetbreads
Main protein; cooked through and crisped on the outside once fried.
Egg
Binds the bread crumb coating so it adheres to the sweetbreads while frying.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, browned coating that protects the sweetbreads during frying.

The step that matters

Frying until a nice brown. The coating browns through Maillard reactions in hot fat, which gives flavor and crispness. If the fat is not hot enough, the crumbs absorb oil and turn greasy before they brown.

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, egg, tea, pepper):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Sagefits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, egg, tea, pepper. 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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