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Cuhbub Fat Livers with Oysters

Skewered livers and oysters, broiled and served with buttered gravy and lemon.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Oyster and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,184 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

Cuhbub Fat Livers with Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the livers into uniform pieces.

  2. Place three oysters on each piece of liver.

  3. Season the livers with sweet herbs, spices, and salt.

  4. Dip the livers in egg yolks, then roll them in breadcrumbs.

  5. Thread the livers and oysters onto silver skewers.

Cook and serve

  1. Broil the skewers in buttered paper or a case.

  2. Serve with buttered gravy and lemon juice, garnished with lemon slices.

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.

Explore the science

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. Oyster + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Butter + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Liver + lambtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together145 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 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

Calf's liver
Forms the main body of each skewer and gives a rich, meaty flavour.
Oysters
Add a briny, savoury flavour that pairs with the liver.
Egg yolks
Bind the breadcrumbs to the liver so they form a coating.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp coating that browns during broiling.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the paper or case brown and keeps the livers moist.

The step that matters

Broil the skewers in buttered paper or a case. Liver is lean and dries out quickly under high heat. Buttered paper or a case shields the coating and keeps the livers moist while the breadcrumbs brown.

“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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