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Lambs' Kidneys Broiled

Broiled lamb kidneys seasoned with butter, lemon, parsley, pepper, and sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lambs' Kidneys Broiled

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Split the kidneys and remove the little white center.

  2. Do not cut the sides apart; spread them open and run a skewer through to hold them in place.

  3. Fill the skewers with as many kidneys as they will hold.

Broil

  1. Preheat the broiler or grill until very hot.

  2. Lay the skewered kidneys on the grill, turning frequently.

  3. Dip the kidneys in melted butter.

  4. Broil until firm under pressure.

Serve

  1. If using plated or silver skewers, place the whole on a hot dish.

  2. If using common skewers, slip the kidneys off before dressing.

  3. Add lemon juice, chopped parsley, pepper, and coarse sea salt.

  4. Drizzle with melted butter.

  5. Serve hot.

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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

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

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

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Lamb kidneys
Provide the main meaty texture, which firms as the kidneys cook through.
Melted butter
Adds fat and richness and helps the kidneys brown and stay moist under heat.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the rich, mild flavor of the kidneys.

The step that matters

Broil until firm under pressure. Kidneys turn tough and rubbery when overcooked. Cooking hot and briefly, then checking firmness by pressing, keeps them tender and juicy inside.

“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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