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Nutmeato Stew

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,065 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Nutmeato Stew

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut nutmeato into small cubes.

  2. Place nutmeato in the inner part of a double cooker.

  3. Cover well with water and cook for 2 to 3 hours.

  4. Just before serving, thicken the liquid with browned flour.

  5. Season with coarse sea salt.

  6. Use strained tomatoes instead of water if preferred.

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. Flour + tomatotop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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