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Pork, Griskin Of, Roasted

Roasted pork griskin, optionally seasoned with powdered sage, served with brown gravy and apple sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Sage and apple work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 755 recipes. Both carry 2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

Pork, Griskin Of, Roasted

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Place the griskin over a clear fire and roast it, basting constantly.

  3. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of powdered sage over the griskin a few minutes before serving, if desired.

  4. To prevent the meat from being hard and dry, soak it in cold water, bring to a boil, then dry and flour it before roasting.

  5. Roast for 20 minutes per pound.

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. Sage + appletop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together755 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  2. Pork + sagetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,527 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Pork + appletop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,581 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  4. Pork + saucetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,666 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Sage + saucetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together444 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Griskin
The main pork cut, which becomes browned and tender as it roasts.
Brown gravy
Adds moisture and savoury flavour to the sliced meat.
Apple sauce
Adds sweetness and acidity to balance the rich pork.

The step that matters

Prepare the surface before roasting. Drying the meat before it goes into the oven lets the surface brown rather than steam. Flouring helps form a crust that holds in juices. Skipping these steps leaves the meat wet and more likely to turn out dry.

Swap the sage

The recipe marks sage as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, apple, sauce):

  1. Gingerfits about as well
  2. Clovefits about as well
  3. Sagethe original
  4. Cinnamonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, apple, sauce. 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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