Why it works: Flour and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 49,477 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Mix the ingredients well and stuff the cavity of the heart.
Tie the heart with twine and wrap it in a cloth, sewing the ends to keep the stuffing in.
Place the heart in a small stew pan with the point down and nearly cover with boiling water.
Cover the pan and simmer gently for three hours.
There should be about a pint of water left in the pan when done.
Remove the cloth and place the heart on a platter.
Add a little water to the pan, thicken the juices with flour or corn-starch mixed with water, and season with salt and pepper.
Pour the gravy over and around the heart.
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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Flour + peppertop 13% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together49,477 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Flour and pepper share little aroma chemistry, yet 49,477 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.
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