Why it works: Pork and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 22,121 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓
Roast Venison
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Have the butcher remove the bones from the venison ribs.
Lay a thin slice of pork on the venison.
Roll the venison tightly and bind it with twine.
Dredge the rolled venison with flour, pepper, and salt.
Cook and serve
Cook until well done.
Serve with spiced gooseberries.
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.
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Pork + peppertop 16% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together22,121 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Venison + porktop 18% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together243 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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Flour + peppertop 19% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together50,459 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Pork + flourtop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together11,187 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Venison + peppertop 28% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together955 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Pork and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 11,187 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Venison ribs
- Provide the main meat, which is rolled and cooked through to well done.
- Pork
- Adds fat and moisture to the lean venison as it cooks inside the roll.
- Flour
- Dries the outside of the roll and helps form a browned crust.
The step that matters
Cook until well done. Venison is very lean, so it can dry out or toughen if overcooked. The pork slice helps add some moisture, but the cook should check doneness carefully rather than rely on time alone.
“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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