Why it works: Mutton and spinach work together. They rank in the top 23% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 177 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓
Mutton Cutlets
Ingredients
Directions
Cut slices from the thick part of the leg of mutton.
Remove the outer skin from the cutlets.
Broil the cutlets as you would for mutton chops.
Serve with a purée of spinach as a garnish.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Mutton + spinachtop 23% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together177 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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