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Broiled Mutton Chops

A simple grilled mutton chop seasoned with salt, pepper, and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Mutton and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,442 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Broiled Mutton Chops

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chops

  1. Cut the chops from a tender loin of mutton.

  2. Remove excess fat from the chops.

  3. Shape the chops nicely.

  4. Slightly beat the chops.

  5. Level the chops.

Broil and serve

  1. Preheat a grill over a bright fire.

  2. Rub the bars with a little fat.

  3. Place the chops on the grill.

  4. Turn the chops frequently.

  5. Broil the chops for about 8 minutes until done.

  6. Season the chops with pepper and coarse sea salt.

  7. Transfer the chops to a hot dish.

  8. Rub a small piece of butter on each chop.

  9. Serve immediately.

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. Mutton + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,442 recipes

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

  2. Mutton + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,781 recipes

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

  3. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton chops
Provide the lean meat that is cooked and served as the main dish.
Butter
Adds richness and a silky finish to the hot chops as it melts over them.

The step that matters

Turn the chops frequently. Frequent turning over a bright fire exposes each side to steady heat, so the outside browns without burning before the centre is cooked through.

“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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