Why it works: Meat and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,817 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
The Breakfast Book
Ingredients
Directions
Season the liquor to taste.
When cold, lay the meat in a dish with collops of rump-steak.
Add shredded lemon peel and strong gravy that jellies when cold.
Cover with a crust and bake for 1.5 hours.
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 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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Meat + lemontop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,817 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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