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Mutton and Potato Pie

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Mutton and potato work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 293 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Mutton and Potato Pie

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Cook the mutton until tender, then chop it into small pieces.

  3. Boil the potatoes until soft, then mash them.

  4. Combine the mutton and mashed potatoes, adding seasoning to taste.

  5. Place the mixture in a pie dish and cover with pastry.

  6. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes until the pastry is golden brown.

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. Mutton + potatotop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together293 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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