Why it works: Mutton and rice are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,019 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓
Mutton Broth
Ingredients
Directions
Put the mutton and cold water in a pot and bring to a boil.
Add the washed rice and let it boil until the meat falls off the bone and the rice is cooked to a liquid mass.
Remove from heat and season with salt to taste.
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.
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Mutton + ricetop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,019 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
- Mutton
- Provides the meaty flavour and gelatin that give the broth body as it simmers.
- Rice
- Breaks down during boiling and thickens the broth, adding body and a soft texture.
The step that matters
Boiling until the meat falls off the bone. Starting in cold water and holding a long, gentle boil lets collagen and flavour release slowly from the bone into the liquid. Stopping early leaves a thin, weak broth.
“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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