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Stewed Tripe

A savory tripe dish simmered in a lemony gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Stewed Tripe

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the tripe into thin slices.

  2. In a stewpan, combine the tripe, white gravy, vinegar, lemon juice, and grated lemon peel.

  3. Add the beaten egg yolk, cream, parsley, and chives.

Cook and serve

  1. Cook over low heat, shaking gently until the gravy thickens to the consistency of cream, but do not let it boil.

  2. Serve with slices and garnish with sliced lemon if desired.

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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Lemon + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Vinegar + parsleytop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,477 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Vinegar + chivetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Thick white tripe
Forms the main body of the dish, becoming tender during gentle cooking.
White gravy
Provides the liquid base that thickens into a creamy sauce.
Egg yolk
Thickens the sauce as it heats gently, giving it a smooth, rich texture.
Cream
Adds richness and softness to the sauce.
Vinegar
Adds sharp acidity that balances the richness of the cream and yolk.

The step that matters

Cooking the gravy gently without boiling. Egg yolk thickens by gentle heat. If the mixture boils, the yolk can scramble and curdle, leaving the sauce grainy instead of smoothly creamy.

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (vinegar, lemon, egg, cream, parsley):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Spinachfits about as well
  3. Horseradishfits about as well
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against vinegar, lemon, egg, cream, parsley. 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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