Why it works: Parsley and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓
Pork Cutlets
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no cooking times; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Trim the pork cutlets neatly and broil them on a grill until cooked.
Alternatively, fry the cutlets in salad oil and serve with Sauce Robert or gherkin sauce.
For a marinade, combine oil, sliced onion, parsley, bay leaf, pepper, and salt; marinate the cutlets for 4 hours.
Fry the marinated cutlets in the marinade and serve with tomato sauce.
In a frying pan, melt butter and add bay leaves, lemon slices, parsley, thyme, sage, mace, allspice, and white wine.
Add the cutlets, cover, and cook until two-thirds done; then remove, dry, dip in egg, and coat with bread crumbs.
Fry the breaded cutlets quickly and serve with the sauce thickened with flour, butter, and mustard.
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.
Explore the science
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.
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Parsley + thymetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together9,057 recipes
Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).
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Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together14,037 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together3,973 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together34,122 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together27,047 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, sauce, parsley, pepper, butter, lemon, thyme):
- Shallotfits better
- Carrotfits better
- Potatofits better
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against pork, sauce, parsley, pepper, butter, lemon, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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