Name: Haricot of Mutton
Ingredients: mutton; potatoes

Why it works: Mutton and potato work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 293 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Haricot of Mutton

Ingredients

mutton
potatoes

Directions

Prepare

Cut the mutton into pieces.

Cook the stew

Cook the mutton in a pot until tender.
Add diced potatoes and cook until they are soft.
Season to taste and serve.

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.

Mutton + potatotop 19% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together293 recipes

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

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What each ingredient does

Mutton: Becomes tender and rich-flavored as its connective tissue breaks down during slow cooking.
Potatoes: Soften as they cook, thickening the stew slightly and adding body.

“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.