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Mushrooms, Stuffed

Mushrooms stuffed with a mixture of ham, breadcrumbs, cheese, and herbs, topped with browned breadcrumbs and butter, baked until golden.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Mushrooms, Stuffed

Oven, in the book's wordsA moderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a moderate oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Remove the stalks and skins from the mushrooms and trim them to a uniform shape.

  2. Melt the butter in a small saucepan.

Make the filling

  1. Add all ingredients except the butter, browned breadcrumbs, and brown sauce.

  2. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.

  3. Stir over heat until well mixed.

  4. Add brown sauce to moisten.

Bake and serve

  1. Pile the mixture onto the mushrooms.

  2. Sprinkle with browned breadcrumbs.

  3. Add a small piece of butter on top.

  4. Bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

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. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,199 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Bread + hamtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

What each ingredient does

Mushrooms
Hollow caps act as the edible vessel that holds the filling during baking.
Bread crumbs
Absorb moisture and help bind the filling so it holds its shape.
Parmesan cheese
Adds savory flavor and browns on the surface while baking.
Butter
Adds richness and fat that carries flavor and promotes browning on top.
Cooked ham
Contributes savory, salty flavor to the filling.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, bread, ham, parmesan cheese, parsley, butter, pepper):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mushroom, bread, ham, parmesan cheese, parsley, butter, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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