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Beefsteak Rolls

Beefsteak rolls are seasoned and rolled steaks baked with butter, served with brown gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Turkey and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,592 recipes. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

Beefsteak Rolls

Oven, in the book's wordsA brisk oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a brisk oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the roll

  1. Pound the round steak gently.

  2. Spread your chosen dressing over the steak.

  3. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and small bits of butter.

  4. Roll the steak tightly.

  5. Tie the rolled steak securely.

  6. Spread 2 tablespoons of butter over the rolled steak.

  7. Wash the steak with a beaten egg.

Bake and serve

  1. Place water in a baking pan.

  2. Lay the steak in the pan without touching the water.

  3. Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven, basting often, for about 30 minutes.

  4. Prepare a brown gravy.

  5. Serve the steak hot with the gravy.

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. Turkey + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  2. Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,636 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

  5. Turkey + eggtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together846 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Round steak
Forms the wrapped outer layer that holds the dressing and cooks into tender slices.
Butter
Adds fat that keeps the roll moist and promotes gentle browning on the surface.
Egg
Beaten egg brushed on the outside helps the surface set and brown during baking.
Dressing
Adds moisture and savory flavor inside the roll as it cooks.

The step that matters

Keep the steak out of the water in the pan. Steak submerged in the water would boil and steam instead of roasting, so it would not brown well. Basting keeps the surface moist while it bakes.

“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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