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Fbbnoh Dressing, with Mustard

A simple mustard dressing made with olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Fbbnoh Dressing, with Mustard

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine ½ teaspoon of mustard in a bowl.

  2. Slowly add olive oil while stirring constantly until thick.

  3. Gradually add vinegar in the same manner, alternating with olive oil until the desired consistency is reached.

  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

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

  4. Olive + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  5. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Made mustard
Acts as an emulsifier, helping the oil and vinegar stay blended into a smooth, thick dressing.
Olive oil
Provides fat and body, forming the bulk of the dressing and giving it a rich mouthfeel.
Vinegar
Adds acidity and sharpness that balances the richness of the oil.

The step that matters

Add the oil slowly while stirring constantly. Oil and vinegar are normally immiscible. Adding the oil slowly, while stirring, breaks it into tiny droplets that the mustard can hold in suspension. Adding it too fast lets the droplets merge, so the dressing separates and stays thin and oily.

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, vinegar, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Mustardthe original
  4. Cucumberfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, vinegar, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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