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Broiled Rabbits

Broiled rabbits are roasted on a grill wrapped in parchment and butter, seasoned with salt and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Rabbit and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,448 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Broiled Rabbits

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wipe the rabbits dry and split them down the back lengthwise.

  2. Pound them flat and wrap in well-buttered parchment paper.

Broil and serve

  1. Place on a buttered grill and broil over a clear, brisk fire, turning often.

  2. Once cooked, remove the paper and place on a very hot platter.

  3. Season with salt, pepper, and plenty of butter, turning to soak up the butter.

  4. Cover and keep hot in a warming oven until served.

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. Rabbit + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Rabbit + peppertop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,334 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-pentylpyridine (fat).

  3. Butter + peppertop 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

Rabbits
Provide the lean meat that is cooked and seasoned as the main dish.
Butter
Keeps the lean meat moist during broiling and adds richness when seasoned.

The step that matters

Broiling over a brisk fire while turning often. Lean rabbit meat dries out quickly over high heat. Turning often and keeping the paper wrapping on while cooking helps the meat cook evenly and stay juicy.

“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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