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Broileb Mutton Kidnets

Broiled mutton kidneys served on croutons, seasoned with salt and cayenne, and optionally topped with pan‑drip sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Broileb Mutton Kidnets

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Split the kidneys open lengthwise without dividing them; remove the skin and fat.

  2. Run a fine skewer through the points and across the back of the kidneys to keep them flat while broiling.

  3. Season the kidneys with coarse sea salt and cayenne pepper.

Broil and serve

  1. Broil the kidneys over a clear brisk fire with the cut sides facing the heat for 4 to 5 minutes.

  2. Turn the kidneys and broil for an additional 4 to 5 minutes.

  3. While the kidneys are broiling, fry the croutons in a little clarified butter until golden.

  4. Serve each kidney half on a crouton, optionally with a sauce made from the pan drippings.

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. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Mutton + breadtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,488 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Mutton + peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,442 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Mutton + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Pepper + breadtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,964 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Mutton kidneys
Main protein; cooks quickly under high heat, becoming tender when not overcooked.
Clarified butter
Fat for frying the croutons, adding richness and promoting golden browning.
Bread
Crisp base for croutons that holds the kidney halves and soaks up juices.

The step that matters

Broil with the cut sides facing the heat. Direct high heat sears the cut surface quickly and browns it, while limited time keeps the interior tender. Overcooking toughens the kidney, so timing matters.

“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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