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Fillets of Rabbit

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Sherry and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,176 recipes. Both carry 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol, which smells smoky, clove. The science ↓

Fillets of Rabbit

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the fillets off the rabbits and trim them to a nice shape.

  2. Lard the fillets with thin strips of bacon.

  3. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then mix in the flour.

  4. Gradually stir in enough water to make a stiff paste, then remove from heat and let cool.

  5. Prepare the sauce by pouring the brown sauce and broth into a saucepan, then boil and skim it.

  6. Mix in the tomato sauce, sherry, blanched mushrooms, and quenelles, seasoning with salt and pepper.

  7. On a hot dish, lay a pile of mashed potatoes, then arrange the fillets on top, with plain ones on one side and larded ones on the other.

  8. Mask the plain fillets with a small quantity of sauce, then pour the rest with the quenelles and mushrooms in the center of the dish.

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. Sherry + mushroomtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

  2. Tomato + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,719 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pepper + mushroomtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rabbit, butter, flour, pepper, sauce, sherry, mushroom):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rabbit, butter, flour, pepper, sauce, sherry, mushroom. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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