Name: Mutton, Broiled, and Tomato Sauce
Ingredients: slices of cold mutton; pepper; salt; tomato sauce

Why it works: Pepper and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 17,923 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Mutton, Broiled, and Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

slices of cold mutton
pepper
salt
tomato sauce

Directions

Cut nice slices from a cold leg or shoulder of mutton.
Season the mutton with pepper and salt.
Broil the mutton over a clear fire for about 5 minutes.
Pour tomato sauce over the broiled mutton and serve hot.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together5,469 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Mutton + peppertop 16% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together5,442 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Mutton + tomatotop 19% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together452 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).
Mutton + saucetop 25% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together1,087 recipes

Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).