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Lamb Cutlets with Cucumbers

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Lamb Cutlets with Cucumbers

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Remove the bone from the loin of lamb and cut it into chops.

  2. Flatten the chops with a chopper and trim off some fat.

  3. Mix fresh butter, chopped parsley, thyme, eschalots, lemon juice, pepper, and coarse sea salt.

  4. Coat the chops with the mixture and cook until three-quarters done.

  5. Remove from heat and let cool slightly, then dip in beaten egg and coat with breadcrumbs.

  6. Fry the chops in boiling lard until light brown.

  7. Drain excess oil and arrange the chops in a dish.

  8. Serve with cucumber sauce in the center.

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.

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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. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Thyme + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

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

Swap the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, butter, parsley, thyme, lemon, pepper, egg):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Cucumberthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, butter, parsley, thyme, lemon, pepper, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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