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Mutton, Broiled, and Tomato Sauce

A dish of sliced mutton broiled and served with tomato sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 17,923 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Mutton, Broiled, and Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the mutton

  1. Cut nice slices from a cold leg or shoulder of mutton.

  2. Season the slices with pepper and salt.

Broil and serve

  1. Broil the mutton over a clear fire for about 5 minutes.

  2. Make some tomato sauce.

  3. Pour the sauce over the broiled mutton.

  4. Serve very hot.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,923 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together5,469 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Mutton + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together5,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Mutton + tomatotop 19% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together452 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).

  5. Mutton + saucetop 25% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton
Forms the main body of the dish, and broiling browns its surface while keeping the slices tender.
Tomato sauce
Adds moisture and bright acidity that contrast with the rich, seared meat.

“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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