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An Irish Stew

A hearty stew of beef chops, potatoes, onions, and water, simmered until the potatoes are mashed.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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An Irish Stew

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

An Irish Stew

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Cut the square ends off the bones of the chops.

Stew

  1. Layer the chops, sliced potatoes, and onions in an iron pot.

  2. Add 1 quart of water and cover the pot tightly.

  3. Stew on moderate heat (350°F/175°C) for 2 hours, continuing until the potatoes are nearly mashed and have absorbed the water and gravy.

Serve

  1. Serve hot without any sauce.

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. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Loin chops
Provide the meat that flavours the stew and releases juices and gravy as it cooks.
Potatoes
Break down during slow stewing, thickening the liquid and giving the stew its body.
Onions
Soften as they stew, adding sweetness and savoury depth to the gravy.
Water
Creates steam and cooking liquid that gently cooks the chops and vegetables together.

“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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