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Mutton Ke Bobbed

A roast mutton loin coated with nutmeg, breadcrumbs, herbs, and egg yolks, basted with butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Nutmeg and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13,015 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Mutton Ke Bobbed

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Trim all fat and skin from the loin of mutton and cut it into steaks.

  2. Mix grated nutmeg, salt, pepper, breadcrumbs, and herbs in a bowl.

  3. Dip the steaks in the egg yolks and sprinkle the mixture over them.

  4. Reassemble the steaks, tie them together, and secure them on a small spit.

Roast and baste

  1. Roast over a hot fire, placing a dish underneath to catch drippings.

  2. Baste with butter and the juices that collect during roasting.

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. Nutmeg + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together13,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Nutmeg + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together24,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mutton + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Mutton + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Egg + buttertop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton loin
Provides the meat that is cut into steaks and roasted as the main dish.
Egg yolks
Bind the breadcrumb and herb coating so it adheres to the steaks.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp, browned crust over the outside of the steaks as they roast.
Butter
Adds richness and helps the surface brown while the meat roasts.

The step that matters

Securing the steaks on the spit. If the steaks are not tied and secured firmly, the coating can slip off and the pieces can separate as they turn over the fire. Keeping them compact helps the coating stay in place and the meat cook evenly.

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mutton, pepper, egg, butter):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Nutmegthe original
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Tarragonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against mutton, pepper, egg, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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