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Steak De Cabillaud a LA Milanaise — Cod Steak, Milan Fashion

A cod steak baked with butter, Parmesan, and small butter pats, seasoned with salt and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and parmesan cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,163 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Steak De Cabillaud a LA Milanaise — Cod Steak, Milan Fashion

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

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

  2. Season the cod steak with salt and pepper.

Bake and serve

  1. Place the cod in a buttered dish and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

  2. Dot the fish with small pats of butter.

  3. Cook in the oven, basting continually until done.

  4. Serve the fish in the dish it was cooked in.

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. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Pepper + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cod steak
Forms the main protein that cooks gently in the oven, becoming flaky when done.
Parmesan cheese
Melts and browns on the surface, adding savory, nutty flavor and a golden crust.
Butter
Adds fat that keeps the fish moist and carries richness across the surface.

The step that matters

Basting continually until done. Cod is lean and dries out quickly in dry oven heat. Repeated basting with the melted butter and juices keeps the surface moist, and the fish should be removed as soon as it flakes to avoid overcooking.

“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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