Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓
To Roast Tripe
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the tripe into two oblong pieces.
Make a forcemeat by mixing bread crumbs, chopped parsley, pepper, and salt, then bind it with the yolks of the eggs.
Spread the forcemeat on the fat side of the tripe and lay the other fat side on top.
Roll the tripe tightly and tie it with kitchen twine.
Roast and serve
Roast the tripe, basting it with butter, for 1 to 1.5 hours.
Serve with melted butter mixed with catsup and lemon pickle.
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.
Explore the science
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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Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together14,037 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together34,122 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together27,047 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together27,232 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together22,662 recipes
Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Tripe
- Forms the main body of the dish, and its fat sides are sandwiched around the stuffing as it cooks.
- Bread crumbs
- Bulk the forcemeat and soak up moisture, giving the stuffing a soft, crumbly body.
- Egg yolks
- Bind the forcemeat together so it holds its shape when rolled and roasted.
- Butter
- Adds richness and helps the outside brown as the tripe roasts.
The step that matters
Rolling and tying the tripe. If the roll is loose, the forcemeat can slip out and the tripe may cook unevenly. A tight roll and firm twine keep the filling in place and the layers compact during roasting.
“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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