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Lobsters, to Dress

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Lobster and parsley work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 890 recipes. Both carry octanal, which smells fat, soap. The science ↓

Lobsters, to Dress

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the lobsters well.

  2. Tie the claws securely.

  3. Boil a saucepan of salted water.

  4. Add the lobster head first and boil gently for 20 to 40 minutes, depending on size.

  5. Avoid overcooking to prevent hard flesh.

  6. Once cool, rub with a little salad oil to brighten the color.

  7. Break off the claws and divide the tail lengthwise.

  8. Place the lobster body upright in the center of a dish, with tail halves on either side and claws at the ends.

  9. Crack the claws with a hammer without injuring the flesh.

  10. Garnish with parsley.

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. Lobster + parsleytop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together890 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

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