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Broiled ham slices seasoned with pepper, butter, and French mustard.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Broiled Ham

Why it works: Pepper and mustard are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,430 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Broiled Ham

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut smooth slices of cooked ham.

  2. Broil the ham for five minutes over or under clear coals.

  3. Season each slice with pepper and butter.

  4. Add a small amount of French mustard to each slice.

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 + mustardtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Ham + mustardtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together747 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Ham + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,475 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

  5. Butter + mustardtop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,003 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked ham
Serves as the main protein, warmed through and lightly browned by the broiling heat.
Butter
Adds fat and moisture, carrying flavour and helping the surface brown and stay juicy.
French mustard
Adds sharp, tangy flavour that cuts through the richness of the ham and butter.

The step that matters

Broil the ham for five minutes over or under clear coals. Ham is already cooked, so the goal is only to heat it and brown the surface. Watching the distance from the heat and the timing prevents drying out or scorching the thin slices.

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ham, pepper, butter):

  1. Capsicumfits about as well
  2. Mustardthe original
  3. Potatofits about as well
  4. Onionfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against ham, pepper, butter. 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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