Why it works: Venison and pepper work together. They rank in the top 28% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 955 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓
Venison Cutlets Riblette
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the cutlets from the neck and trim them like mutton cutlets, removing any fat.
Season the cutlets with pepper and coarse sea salt.
Cook and serve
Heat a dish until very hot.
Cook the cutlets on the gridiron just before serving, keeping some back for a second serving.
Do not add gravy to the dish.
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.
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Venison + peppertop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together955 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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What each ingredient does
- Venison cutlets
- Lean meat that is cooked quickly on high heat, so it stays tender when trimmed of fat.
The step that matters
Cook the cutlets on the gridiron just before serving. Venison is lean and dries out quickly under prolonged heat. Cooking it briefly on a very hot surface and serving straight away keeps the inside moist and tender.
“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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