Name: Steak & Sticky Red Wine Shallots
Prep time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 8 brown shallots , peeled and quartered but left whole at the root; 2 sirloin steaks , about 175g/6oz each; crushed black peppercorns; 25g butter; 4 tbsp balsamic vinegar; large glass red wine , about 175ml/6fl oz; 150ml beef stock

Why it works: Vinegar and red wine work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 575 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Steak & Sticky Red Wine Shallots

Serves 2

Prep5 min

Ingredients

8 brown shallots , peeled and quartered but left whole at the root
2 sirloin steaks , about 175g/6oz each
crushed black peppercorns
25g butter
4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
large glass red wine , about 175ml/6fl oz
150ml beef stock

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

430Calories

28 gProtein

27 gFat

12 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

Vinegar + red winetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together575 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Shallot + vinegartop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,374 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Red wine + beeftop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,017 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Shallot + red winetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together231 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Shallot + beeftop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,103 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, vinegar, red wine, beef):

Tomatofits better
Onionfits about as well
Potatofits about as well
Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, vinegar, red wine, beef. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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