Name: 7. Uses of Left Over Meat.
Ingredients: 1 teaspoonful cloves 3 tomatoes 2 cups brown the onion in butter; 2 cups brown the onion in butter; 1/8 teaspoonful cayenne few grains onion juice few drops white sauce 1 cup; 2 cups onion 1 slice; 2 tablespoonfuls of either chicken fat; 2 tablespoonfuls of flour; one cup stock; 1/2 teaspoonful salt; 4 tablespoonfuls chicken fat in pan; 4 tablespoonfuls flour; 2 cups chicken stock; a pound of meat; one egg to about a pound of meat; 1 teaspoonful chopped salt 1/4 teaspoonful pepper flour 2 tablespoonfuls butter; 1/4 teaspoonful pepper flour 2 tablespoonfuls butter 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 te; 2 tablespoonfuls butter 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 teaspoonful cloves 3 tomatoes 2; 2 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 teaspoonful cloves 3 tomatoes 2 cups brown the onion; 3 tomatoes 2 cups brown the onion in butter; one sixth of these recipes would be as small an amount as it would be practicabl; 2 cups salt 1/2 teaspoonful pepper 1/8 teaspoonful cayenne few grains onion juic; 1/2 teaspoonful pepper 1/8 teaspoonful cayenne few grains onion juice few drops; 1 cup; 1 slice; 1/2 teaspoonful mixed poultry seasoning 1 tablespoonful a little chopped celer; 1 tablespoonful a little chopped celery is desirable this is a simple method; five people; salt; pepper

Why it works: Tomato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20,633 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

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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.

Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,031 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Clove + tomatotop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,474 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).
Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together124,287 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs: Bind the meat so the cakes and croquettes hold their shape.
Butter: Fat that browns the meat cakes and onion, adding flavour.
Flour: Thickens the sauce by absorbing liquid as it cooks.
Bread crumbs (in the method): Absorb moisture and give the croquettes a crisp, golden coating.
Tomatoes: Provide acidity and body to the sauce.

The step that matters

Stir constantly until the sauce thickens. Flour starch must be stirred while the liquid heats or it clumps and scorches on the pan bottom, leaving the sauce lumpy and uneven.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, onion, butter, sauce, chicken, flour, meat):

Garlicfits better
Capersfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, onion, butter, sauce, chicken, flour, meat. 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.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Meat	not in our table	0

7. Uses of Left Over Meat.