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Pan-fried Fillet Steak with Cheesy Mash and Onion Rings

Serve up a proper steak supper for two with this luxurious but simple recipe with all the trimmings.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 15,539 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Pan-fried Fillet Steak with Cheesy Mash and Onion Rings

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

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By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together15,539 recipes

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

  2. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,798 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Olive + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, milk, pepper, olive, mushroom, flour):

  1. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Tomatothe original
  3. Chiveabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Spinachabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, milk, pepper, olive, mushroom, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).