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Kidneys with Bacon

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Lamb and sauce work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 925 recipes. Both carry decanoic acid, which smells soapy, waxy. The science ↓

Kidneys with Bacon

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Split the lamb kidneys in half and secure them with toothpicks.

  2. In a frying pan, cook thin slices of bacon until clear but not crispy. Keep warm.

  3. In the bacon fat, cook the kidneys, turning frequently for about 6 minutes until tender.

  4. Arrange the kidneys on slices of toast, garnish with bacon.

  5. Add 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce to the gravy and pour over the kidneys.

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. Lamb + saucetop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together925 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

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