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Kidney Toast a LA Madras

A toast topped with fried sheep kidney slices seasoned with curry paste and optional ham or bacon.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Kidney Toast a LA Madras

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the kidneys

  1. Skin the kidneys.

  2. Cut the kidneys lengthwise into slices.

  3. Season the slices with salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper.

Coat the slices

  1. Dip the slices in the beaten eggs.

  2. Roll the slices in breadcrumbs mixed with grated lemon rind.

Cook and serve

  1. Heat butter in a frying pan.

  2. Broil the kidney slices until cooked through.

  3. Prepare toast.

  4. Spread a thin layer of curry paste on top of the toast.

  5. Cut the toast into convenient pieces.

  6. Remove the skewers from the kidneys.

  7. Place the kidneys on the toast.

  8. Serve with slices of broiled ham or bacon, if desired.

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. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Butter + hamtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Egg + hamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,526 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 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

Sheep's kidneys
Main ingredient, cooked into tender slices that form the dish.
Eggs
Bind the breadcrumb coating to the kidney slices.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp, golden coating when cooked.
Butter
Conducts heat in the pan and adds browning and richness.
Curry paste
Spread on the toast to add spiced, savoury flavour.
Grated lemon rind
Adds bright aroma to the breadcrumb coating.

The step that matters

Broil the kidney slices until cooked through. Kidney turns tough and rubbery when overcooked, so the slices should be cooked just through and then removed promptly. Watch closely because thin slices cook quickly.

“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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