Why it works: Pepper and fried potato work together. They rank in the top 79% of all ingredient pairs. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓
Fillets of Beef
Ingredients
Directions
Trim the fillets, removing all sinew and excess fat.
Cut the fillets into ½ inch thick pieces.
Season the fillets with a little oil, pepper, and coarse sea salt.
Broil the fillets on both sides until cooked.
Glaze the fillets and garnish with fried potatoes or maître d'hôtel butter.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Pepper + fried potatotop 79% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together0 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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