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Mutton Kidneys, Saute of

Sautéed mutton kidneys with butter, herbs, and tomato puree served on buttered toast.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Mutton Kidneys, Saute of

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Skin and slice the kidneys into thick pieces.

  2. In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat.

Cook

  1. Add kidneys, parsley, chives or onion, pepper, and salt. Sauté for 2-3 minutes, shaking the skillet to prevent sticking.

  2. Add glaze or 1-2 tablespoons of tomato puree.

Serve

  1. Serve hot on squares of buttered toast.

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

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

  2. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Parsley + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,398 recipes

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

  5. Chive + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton kidneys
Provide the main meat, which cooks quickly and becomes tender with brief sautéing.
Butter
Conducts heat in the skillet and adds richness and browning to the kidneys.
Tomato puree
Adds acidity and body to the pan juices as a sauce base.

The step that matters

Sauté for 2-3 minutes. Kidneys turn tough and rubbery if overcooked, so keep the heat moderate and stop once they are just firm and no longer pink inside.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mutton, butter, parsley, chive, pepper):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Leekfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mutton, butter, parsley, chive, pepper. 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.

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