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Steamed Leg of Mutton

A leg of mutton steamed until tender, served with currant jelly.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Mutton and currant work together. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 393 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Steamed Leg of Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

Steam

  1. Place the leg of mutton in a steamer over a kettle of boiling water.

  2. Cover it closely and steam for about 4 hours until tender.

Serve

  1. Serve with currant jelly.

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. Mutton + curranttop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together393 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Leg of mutton
Is the main cut, becoming tender and juicy as its connective tissue softens during long, gentle steaming.
Currant jelly
Adds sweetness and acidity that balances the rich, savory flavor of the cooked meat.

The step that matters

Keeping the steam going for the full cooking time. Steaming needs a covered steamer and a steady supply of boiling water. If the lid is lifted often or the water runs low, heat drops and the meat cooks unevenly and can stay tough. Cover it closely and check that the water keeps boiling.

“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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