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Big Beef in Red Wine Pie

Slow cook a cheap cut of meat like braising steak in rich red wine gravy for the perfect base to a classic pie

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Big Beef in Red Wine Pie

Why it works: Celery and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Big Beef in Red Wine Pie

Serves 6
Prep25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1066Calories
49 gProtein
34 gFat
133 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 17 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0

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.

  1. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Star anise + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Thyme + star anisetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together109 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Thyme + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the star anise

The recipe marks star anise as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, red wine, sunflower, celery, onion, carrot, garlic):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Star anisethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, red wine, sunflower, celery, onion, carrot, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.