Why it works: Mutton and tomato work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 452 recipes. Both carry 1-nonanal, which smells fatty, waxy. The science ↓
Superior Receipt for Roast Leg of Mutton
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cover the leg of mutton with cold water.
Bring the water to a boil, then let it simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Roast and serve
Lift the mutton out of the water and place it on the spit.
Roast the mutton for 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes, depending on its weight.
Garnish with roast tomatoes before serving.
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.
Explore the science
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 + tomatotop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together452 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).
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What each ingredient does
- Leg of mutton
- Is the main cut of meat that is cooked and served.
“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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