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Simple Hashed Mutton

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Mutton and ketchup work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 367 recipes. Both carry decanoic acid, which smells soapy, waxy. The science ↓

Simple Hashed Mutton

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the mutton into nice pieces.

  2. Smash the bones and cover them with water.

  3. Season with sweet herbs and spices.

  4. Add fried onions, garlic, pepper, salt, and parsley to the sauce.

  5. Strain and thicken the sauce.

  6. Add the mutton just before serving to warm it up.

  7. Garnish with fried apples or fried parsley.

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.

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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.

  1. Mutton + ketchuptop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together367 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

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