Why it works: Mutton and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,087 recipes. Both carry decanoic acid, which smells soapy, waxy. The science ↓
Mutton Cutlets
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the bones of the neck of mutton short and remove the chine bone completely.
Slice the mutton into thin chops, ensuring every other chop is boneless.
Trim the chops to ensure they have a uniform appearance, then flatten them.
Coat the chops with the cutlet preparation and fry until golden brown.
Serve with a vegetable puree or sauce, arranging the cutlets in a circle or around the dish.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Mutton + saucetop 25% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,087 recipes
Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).
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