Why it works: Mutton and cauliflower work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 86 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Mutton with Haricots or Other Vegetables
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and roast
Lard the loin of mutton and season it with coarse sea salt.
Roast the mutton on a spit until cooked to your liking.
Serve
Serve with stewed haricots, cauliflowers, or other vegetables.
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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Mutton + cauliflowertop 24% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together86 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Loin of mutton
- Provides the main meat, whose fat and juices keep the roast moist and flavorful.
- Haricots
- Offer starchy body and mild sweetness as a stewed side dish.
- Cauliflowers
- Add mild sweetness and tender texture as an optional side vegetable.
The step that matters
Roasting the mutton to your liking. Meat continues to cook after leaving the heat, and the record gives no temperature or time, so it is easy to overcook. Checking the internal temperature and resting the meat before carving helps keep it 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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