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A pork cutlet shaped into a crown, filled with sage and onion stuffing, apple sauce, and mashed potatoes, baked until hot.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and potato 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 ↓

Pork, Crown of

Oven, in the book's wordsA slow oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a slow oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Have the cutlet chined but not separated and tie the end two together.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in the oven standing up at 400°F (200°C) until the meat is cooked.

  2. Fill the center with a layer of sage and onion stuffing.

  3. On this, place a layer of apple sauce and top with mashed potatoes.

  4. Put in the oven for a minute or two and serve very hot.

  5. Put cutlet frills on each bone.

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.

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.

  1. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Pork + potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Sage + appletop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together755 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Pork + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,214 recipes

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

  5. Sage + potatotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together386 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

What each ingredient does

Neck of pork
Forms the main meat, which cooks through as the crown bakes standing up.
Sage and onion stuffing
Fills the center, adding moisture and savory flavor to the meat.
Apple sauce
Adds moisture and a fruity sweetness that balances the rich pork.
Mashed potatoes
Forms a soft topping that browns lightly when reheated in the oven.

The step that matters

Bake until the meat is cooked. Pork must reach a safe internal temperature throughout. Because the crown stands upright and is filled, the center can lag behind the outside, so check that the meat is fully cooked before adding the toppings and serving.

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, sage, onion, sauce, potato):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits about as well
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, sage, onion, sauce, potato. 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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