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Mushroom Stems Stewed

Stewed mushroom stems served on toast.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12,525 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Mushroom Stems Stewed

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the mushroom stems into small pieces.

  2. Melt the butter over medium heat in a pan.

  3. Add the mushroom stems, salt, and pepper.

Cook and serve

  1. Stew gently until the stems are tender.

  2. Serve the mushrooms on delicate toast.

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. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  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

Mushroom stems
Releases moisture as it cooks, which softens the stems and forms a tender, juicy texture.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, carrying flavor through the stems as they cook.

The step that matters

Stew gently until the stems are tender. Gentle heat lets the mushrooms release their moisture and soften evenly. High heat can scorch the butter and leave the stems tough and dry.

“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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