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Big Joe's Venison Steak in Chestnut Sauce

"My uncle, Big Joe, had a Thanksgiving tradition of showing the kids 'Bambi' and then serving us this venison. However, it is truly delicious."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Madeira wine and venison work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and 21 recipes mention both. The science ↓

The recipe

2 steaks
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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. Madeira wine + venisontop 21% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together21 recipes
  2. Onion + beeftop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,091 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,555 recipes

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

  4. Onion + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together21,599 recipes

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

  5. Beef + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18,971 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chestnut, butter, carrot, flour, beef, pepper, madeira wine):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Shallotabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chestnut, butter, carrot, flour, beef, pepper, madeira wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).