Why it works: Sugar and summer savory work together. They rank in the top 36% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 35 recipes. Both carry 1-penten-3-one, which smells fish, pungent. The science ↓
To Press Beef
Ingredients
Directions
Remove the bones from the brisket, flank, or thin part of the ribs.
Salt the meat well, add a little sugar, and sprinkle with summer savory.
Let it sit for a week.
Stew the meat in just enough water to cover it until tender.
Roll the meat tightly in a cloth and press it with a heavy weight until cold.
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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Sugar + summer savorytop 36% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together35 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).
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