Why it works: Flour and mushroom are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,253 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Broiled Steak with Mushrooms
Ingredients
Directions
Broil the steak until cooked to your preference.
In a saucepan, thicken the gravy with flour and add coarse sea salt to taste.
Sauté the button mushrooms in a little butter until tender.
Pour the mushroom sauce over the broiled steak before serving.
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.
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Flour + mushroomtop 18% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,253 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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