Why it works: Ketchup and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,207 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
The Old Scotch Brown Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Brown the rump steaks in a frying pan and drain the fat.
Add the browned steaks to the clear gravy soup and simmer for 1 hour.
Strain the soup and stir in the ketchup, salt, pepper, and Cayenne.
Serve the soup with toasted sippets in a tureen.
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.
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Ketchup + peppertop 24% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together3,207 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Rump steak
- Browning adds savoury flavour, and simmering in the soup makes the meat tender and flavours the broth.
- Ketchup
- Adds sweetness and acidity, giving the soup a tangy, rounded flavour.
“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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