Why it works: Pepper and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68,474 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Giblet Pie
6 personsIngredients
Directions
Prepare the giblets
Clean the giblets and place them in a stewpan with the onion, whole black pepper, and a bunch of savoury herbs.
Add a little more than a pint of water and simmer gently for about 1½ hours.
Remove the giblets, let them cool, and cut them into pieces.
Assemble and bake
Line the bottom of a pie dish with a few pieces of rump steak.
Add a layer of giblets and a few more pieces of steak.
Season with pepper and salt.
Pour in the strained gravy that the giblets were stewed in.
Cover with a plain crust.
Bake for more than 1½ hours in a brisk oven.
Cover a piece of paper over the pie to prevent the crust from taking too much colour.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Pie | 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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Pepper + oniontop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked 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
What each ingredient does
- Giblets (in the method)
- Provide the main meaty filling, and their stewed gravy adds savour to the pie.
- Rump steak (in the method)
- Adds meaty flavour and tenderness to the layered filling as it cooks in the pie.
- Onion
- Adds aromatic sweetness and depth to the stock the giblets are simmered in.
The step that matters
Covering the pie with paper. Covering the pie with paper during the long bake limits browning of the crust, so it does not darken or dry out before the filling is cooked through.
“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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