Why it works: Beef and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,759 recipes. Both carry 1-hexanal, which smells fruit. The science ↓
Beefsteak Smothered with Onions
Ingredients
Directions
Broil the steak, place on a hot platter and cover with smothered onions.
MEATS. '?5
Take 2 poiiiuls loan beef fmni tlic shoulder; chop fine ; soak 1 pounxi l)read crumlis in milk till soft ; mix with the beef Alake the mixture into cakes with the hands, roll in flour and fry in a little hot butter in a skillet for about 10 mmutes. Take out but keep hot. Rub into the pan 2 tal)lespoons flour, add 1 pmt milk, 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce, and let boil a few minutes. Pour this over the meat, and bake in the oven till brown.
BROWN STEW WITH DU.MPLIXGS.
Mrs. Bradrick. Put "^ tablespoons butter in a hot skillet over a good fire ; cut 9 pounds of beef from the tender side of the round into pieces an inch square: dredge thicklv with flour; put in the hot butter, and stir until nicelv browned. Skim the meat out and place in a saucepan Add' 1 tablespoon flour to the gravy in the frying pan, miv and add 1 quart boiling water; stir until it boils, then strain over the meat. Cover the saucepan and simmer 2 hours. When half done add 1 teaspoon salt. Sift 1 pint flour twice with 1 heapin<^ teaspoon baking powder, and \ teaspoon salt: add enough milk fa little over * cup) to make a soft dough. Do not work it much Drop by small spoonfuls over the top of the meat; cover quicklv, pus+i' back the saucepan and simmer 10 mmutes with- out uncovering the stew. Serve at once.
CALF'S BRAINS. Prepare as sweetbreads, and parboil. Cut in small pieces, bread and fry. They are often added to other meats m making croquettes.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Milk | 1 cup (244ml) whole | 149 |
| Soy Sauce | 1 tbsp (15ml) | 9 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | 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.
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.
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Beef + milktop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,759 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-hexanal (fruit).
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Flour + milktop 14% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together78,219 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Sauce + flourtop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,078 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Sauce + beeftop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,650 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Beef + flourtop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together10,677 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour and milk barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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