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Lamb or Mutton Chops

A simple preparation of lamb or mutton chops seasoned with salt and pepper, broiled and served with optional peas or mashed potatoes.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Lamb or Mutton Chops

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the chops

  1. Trim the skin and fat from the chops, scraping the bone bare for 1.5 to 2 inches to create a handle.

  2. Flatten the chops with a rolling pin or the broad side of a hatchet.

Cook and serve

  1. Broil the chops quickly on a greased grill, turning several times.

  2. Season the chops with salt and pepper.

  3. Serve the chops on a hot dish, overlapping them neatly.

  4. Optionally arrange the chops around a mound of green peas or mashed potatoes, garnishing with parsley or nasturtiums.

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 + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Lamb + parsleytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,322 recipes

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

  3. Lamb + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,165 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Parsley + peastop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,885 recipes

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

  5. Lamb + peastop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together650 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Lamb or mutton chops
Provide the meat that is cooked quickly over direct heat, so it stays tender and browned outside.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the surface of the meat and helps draw out moisture for a browned crust.

The step that matters

Broil the chops quickly, turning several times. Chops are thin and lean, so high heat browns the outside fast. Overcooking or too much turning can dry them out and toughen the meat, so watch closely.

Swap the peas

The recipe marks peas as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, pepper, parsley):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, pepper, parsley. 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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