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Tripe a LA Coutance

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Tripe a LA Coutance

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the tripe in cold water and place it in a saucepan with enough cold water to cover it.

  2. Bring to a boil, then remove and dry the tripe with a soft cloth.

  3. Cut the tripe into pieces 2 inches wide and 4 inches long, and cut the bacon into thin slices of the same size.

  4. Finely mince the shallot, onion, and parsley.

  5. Sprinkle pepper, salt, and some of the minced mixture over each tripe slice, then place a slice of bacon on top.

  6. Roll the tripe and bacon together, ensuring the ends are even so they can stand upright.

  7. Secure the rolls with twine or needle and thread.

  8. In a stewpan, add 1 pint of stock or water, and add chopped carrot, onion, and mushrooms.

  9. Arrange the tripe rolls around the inside of the stewpan.

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. Parsley + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, shallot, parsley, pepper, carrot, mushroom):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Leekfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, shallot, parsley, pepper, carrot, mushroom. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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