Why it works: Apple and sauce work together. They rank in the top 31% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 965 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Bacon Chine Roasted
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.
Prepare
Sprinkle the chine with coarse sea salt four days before roasting.
Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
Roast and serve
Roast the chine for three hours until well done.
Serve with apple sauce on the side.
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.
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Apple + saucetop 31% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together965 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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What each ingredient does
- Bacon chine
- Provides the main cut of meat, whose fat renders and whose connective tissue softens during long roasting.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the meat and, applied days ahead, draws moisture out and helps cure the surface.
The step that matters
Roast the chine for three hours until well done. Long, steady roasting renders the fat and breaks down connective tissue, so the meat becomes tender rather than tough. Pulling it too early leaves it chewy and under-rendered.
“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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