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Kiiubab Liver with Oysters or Cray-fish

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Oyster and anchovy work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 603 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Kiiubab Liver with Oysters or Cray-fish

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the liver into equal-sized pieces.

  2. Season the liver and oysters with sweet herbs, spices, and coarse sea salt.

  3. Dip the liver and oysters in egg yolks, then roll them in breadcrumbs.

  4. Thread them onto silver skewers and broil in buttered paper or a case.

  5. Serve with buttered gravy and lemon juice, garnished with lemon slices.

  6. If using cray-fish, place a small piece of anchovy in each claw and thread them with the liver.

  7. Roast the liver on a bird-jack, basting well.

  8. Crisp the cray-fish in the oven before skewering.

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. Oyster + anchovytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together603 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Oyster + fishtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together496 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Anchovy + fishtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together637 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Lamb + anchovytop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).

  5. Butter + fishtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,488 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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