Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff, Aussie Style

Name: Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff, Aussie Style
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 1 onion, chopped; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 8 fresh mushrooms, sliced; 2 teaspoons curry powder; 1 pound beef top sirloin, thinly sliced; 2 cubes beef bouillon; 1 1/2 cups boiling water; 1 (6 ounce) can mushroom stems and pieces, drained; 1/4 cup dried shiitake mushrooms; 1 1/4 cups heavy cream; 1 (8 ounce) package uncooked egg noodles

"Tasty beef and mushroom stroganoff. This was my favorite recipe as a kid, my Mum came up with it from the stuff that was left in the cupboard! I've since modified the ingredients to add my own personal touch."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients

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Why it works: Garlic and shiitake match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 292 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff, Aussie Style

4 servings

Prep15 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

602Calories

41 gProtein

38 gFat

25 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Shiitake	1/2 cup (73g)	34
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Water	not in our table	0

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

By allrecipes. 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.

Garlic + shiitaketop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together292 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Onion + shiitaketop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together412 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Mushroom + shiitaketop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together552 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Mushroom + beeftop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,232 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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