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To Roast Sturgeon

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Sturgeon and butter work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 237 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

To Roast Sturgeon

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Skin and bone the tail part of the sturgeon.

  2. Fill the cavity with stuffing.

  3. Wrap the sturgeon in butter and paper, tying it securely.

  4. Roast in the oven until cooked through.

  5. Serve with melted butter and gravy.

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. Sturgeon + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together237 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Sturgeon + vealtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  3. Veal + buttertop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,381 recipes

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

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