Why it works: Lamb and biscuit work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Fricassee Lamb
Ingredients
Directions
Stew the lamb for 2 hours.
Add salt and cook for 10 minutes longer.
Remove the meat and place it on split soda biscuits.
Season the gravy and thicken it as you would for chicken.
Pour the gravy over the meat and biscuits.
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.
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Lamb + biscuittop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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