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Porterhouse Steak

A 1‑inch thick Porterhouse steak seasoned with salt and pepper, grilled and served with chipped potatoes.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,305 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Porterhouse Steak

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Season the steak with coarse sea salt and black pepper.

Cook and serve

  1. Grill the steak on both sides for about 8 minutes.

  2. Serve the steak with chipped potatoes.

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. Pepper + potatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 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

Porterhouse steak
Provides the main protein; its fat and muscle cook to a tender, juicy texture.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the surface of the steak and helps draw out moisture for browning.

The step that matters

Grill the steak on both sides for about 8 minutes. Grilling over high heat browns the surface through the Maillard reaction, building flavour and colour. Cooking time depends on thickness and heat, so the steak can easily overcook and turn dry if left too long.

“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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