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Rump Steak Broiled

Broiled rump steak seasoned with salt, pepper, and butter, served with horseradish.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and horseradish are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,646 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Rump Steak Broiled

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the steak to a thickness suitable for broiling.

  2. Prepare a good clear fire and heat the gridiron.

Cook

  1. Place the steak on the gridiron and cook, turning frequently with steak tongs.

  2. Cook for a few minutes, adjusting time to your taste.

Finish and serve

  1. Transfer the steak to a dish and rub butter all over it.

  2. Season with coarse sea salt and black pepper.

  3. Serve with horseradish on top.

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 + horseradishtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,646 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

  3. Butter + horseradishtop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together947 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Rump steak
Is the main cut that is broiled and gives the dish its meaty texture.
Butter
Rubbed over the cooked steak to add richness and moisture.
Horseradish
Served on top to add sharp, pungent flavour that contrasts with the beef.

The step that matters

Turning the steak frequently over a clear fire. Frequent turning over steady, clear heat cooks the steak evenly and helps prevent the outside from burning before the centre reaches the desired doneness. Heat that is too uneven or smoky can char the surface while leaving the inside underdone.

Swap the horseradish

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Horseradishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, 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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