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Broiled Beef's Heart

Broiled slices of beef heart seasoned with salt, pepper, and served with currant jelly.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Beef and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,971 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Broiled Beef's Heart

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the heart lengthwise into slices no thicker than ½ inch.

  2. Soak the slices in saltwater until the blood is drawn out, then wipe them dry.

  3. Season the slices well with black pepper and coarse sea salt.

Cook and serve

  1. Broil the slices slowly over a clear fire until thoroughly cooked.

  2. 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. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  2. Beef + curranttop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,464 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  3. Pepper + curranttop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,345 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

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

What each ingredient does

Beef heart
Dense, lean muscle meat that becomes firm and chewy when cooked through.
Currant jelly
Adds sweetness and acidity that balances the rich, savory flavor of the meat.

The step that matters

Broil the slices slowly until thoroughly cooked. Heart is tough muscle that needs enough time over moderate heat to become tender rather than leathery. Slow broiling cooks the interior through without scorching the surface, which matters because the meat is dense and lean.

Swap the currant

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

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, pepper. 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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