Why it works: Beef and biscuit work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 197 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Stewed Beef Steak
Ingredients
Directions
Place the beef pieces in a stew pan and add enough water to cover them.
Season with coarse sea salt to taste.
Cook until the beef is tender.
Prepare a crust of biscuit dough and place it over the cooked meat.
Cover tightly and cook for an additional 20 minutes.
Serve by turning everything out onto a platter.
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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Beef + biscuittop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together197 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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