Name: Rognons Cle Mouton Au Vin Blanc, Dits Rognons Au Vin De Champagne
Ingredients: sheep's kidneys; salt; pepper; white wine

Why it works: Pepper and white wine are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,433 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Rognons Cle Mouton Au Vin Blanc, Dits Rognons Au Vin De Champagne

Ingredients

sheep's kidneys
salt
pepper
white wine

Directions

Cut the kidneys into thin slices.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cook as you would beef kidneys, using the same method as in receipt 145.

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.

Pepper + white winetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,433 recipes

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

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