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Mutton Cutlets, Breaded, with Tomato Sauce

Breaded mutton cutlets served with tomato sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,469 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Mutton Cutlets, Breaded, with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Trim the mutton cutlets and season them with salt and pepper.

  3. Dredge each cutlet in breadcrumbs, coating them evenly.

  4. Place the breaded cutlets on a baking sheet.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

  2. Serve with warm tomato sauce.

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. Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,469 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Mutton + tomatotop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together452 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).

  3. Mutton + saucetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton cutlets
The main protein, which is cooked through in the oven while the crust sets.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp, golden coating that browns in the oven and helps hold the cutlet's juices.
Tomato sauce
Adds moisture and acidity to balance the rich, savory meat and crumb coating.

The step that matters

Coating the cutlets evenly. Breadcrumbs that are unevenly applied brown unevenly and leave bare spots where moisture escapes. A thin, even coat gives a uniform crust that protects the meat while it bakes.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mutton, sauce):

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Tomatothe original
  3. Onionfits less well
  4. Capsicumfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against mutton, sauce. 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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