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To Fry a Neck or Loin of Lamb

Lamb chops coated in herb‑seasoned breadcrumbs and fried in butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and marjoram match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,225 recipes. Both carry terpineol, which smells pine, woody. The science ↓

To Fry a Neck or Loin of Lamb

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Rub both sides of the lamb chops with the egg yolk.

  2. Mix bread crumbs with parsley, thyme, marjoram, winter savory, and lemon peel.

  3. Sprinkle the mixture over the chops.

Cook and serve

  1. Fry the chops in butter until they are light brown.

  2. Place the chops in a dish and garnish with crisped 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. Thyme + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,225 recipes

    Shared aroma: terpineol (pine, woody).

  2. Thyme + winter savorytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together780 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Marjoram + winter savorytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together455 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  4. Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Parsley + marjoramtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

What each ingredient does

Egg yolk
Binds the herb and crumb coating so it adheres to the lamb.
Bread crumbs
Form the crisp outer crust that browns during frying.
Butter
Conducts heat for frying and adds richness and browning to the crust.
Lemon peel
Adds bright aroma that brightens the rich flavour of the lamb.

The step that matters

Fry the chops until light brown. Frying over moderate heat browns the crumb coating through the Maillard reaction, which builds flavour and crispness. Too little heat leaves the crust pale and soft, while too much burns the crumbs before the lamb cooks through.

“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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