Name: Stuffing for Hare
Ingredients: 2 ounces beef suet, chopped fine; 3 ounces fine bread crumbs; 1 teaspoon eschalot, minced; 1 teaspoon marjoram; 1 teaspoon lemon-thyme or winter savory; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt'); 1 egg (white and yolk)

Why it works: Marjoram and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 957 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Stuffing for Hare

Ingredients

2 ounces beef suet, chopped fine
3 ounces fine bread crumbs
1 teaspoon eschalot, minced
1 teaspoon marjoram
1 teaspoon lemon-thyme or winter savory
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon coarse sea salt (formerly 'bay salt')
1 egg (white and yolk)

Directions

In a bowl, combine the beef suet, bread crumbs, eschalot, marjoram, lemon-thyme, lemon peel, pepper, and salt.
Mix in the egg until the mixture is cohesive but not too thin.
Ensure the stuffing is stiff enough to hold together.
Stuff the mixture into the hare and sew it up securely.

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.

Marjoram + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together957 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Marjoram + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,609 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together18,971 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Beef + breadtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,032 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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Stuffing for Hare