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Pork Chops with Gravy

Pork chops served with a milk-based gravy thickened with flour.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Pork and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,386 recipes. Both carry 4-heptenal, which smells creamy, biscuit. The science ↓

Pork Chops with Gravy

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the chops

  1. Fry the pork chops until well done, ensuring the fat in the pan does not scorch.

  2. Remove the chops and place them in an open oven to keep warm.

Make the gravy

  1. In the same pan, add 2 cups of milk, 1 teaspoon of pepper, and salt to taste.

  2. Thicken the mixture with enough flour.

  3. Strain the sauce over the chops before serving.

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. Pork + milktop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,386 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  2. Milk + flourtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Pork + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,121 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Pepper + flourtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together50,459 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Milk + peppertop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together26,984 recipes

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

Milk and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Pork chops
Main protein that browns in the hot fat and cooks through to a firm texture.
Milk
Forms the liquid base of the gravy and adds richness and mild sweetness.
Flour
Starch thickens the hot milk, giving the gravy body.

The step that matters

Frying the pork chops without scorching the fat. Fat that gets too hot burns and turns bitter, spoiling the flavor of the pan and the gravy built from it. Chops cooked well done without care can also dry out, so keep the heat controlled while they cook through.

“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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