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Mutton Broth

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Mutton Broth

Why it works: Beef and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,032 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Mutton Broth

Ingredients

Directions

  1. f scrag of mutton, put it into a

  2. Take one pound o saucepan with two pin water and a little salt ; let it simmer gently for two hours ; sieve, and, when cold, carefully remove every partic fat. It may be thickened with a little arrowrool Ot

  3. ground rice, as required,

  4. ts of cold strain through a

  5. 160 THE BREADMAKER S$ COOKING LESSONS,

  6. LIEBIG’S BROTH.

  7. Chop half a pound of beef, mix it well with a tea- spoonful of table salt, four drops (to ten) of muriatic acid, and eighteen ounces of distilled water; macerate for an hour, and strain through a fine hair-sieve. Dose,

  8. a teacupful. BREAD AND BUTTER BROTH.

  9. Spread a slice of well-baked bread with good fresh butter ; sprinkle it moderately with salt and black pep- per. Pour a pint of boiling water over it.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

705Calories
39 gProtein
16 gFat
95 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 3 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
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.

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. Beef + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,032 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

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