Why it works: Sauce and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,303 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Cutlets, Pork, Hash of
Ingredients
Directions
Marinate the cutlets as directed in the recipe for Cutlets or Chops of Pork.
Grill the cutlets for about 20 minutes over a clear fire or fry them in hot fat in a sauté or frying pan for the same time.
Arrange the cutlets in a circle on a serving dish.
Serve the Soubise sauce in the center and pour the demi-glace sauce around the base of 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 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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Sauce + peppertop 27% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together15,303 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sauce and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,303 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Pork cutlets
- Provide the main protein, which firms and browns as it cooks.
- Soubise sauce
- Adds a thick, smooth onion-based body and mild sweetness alongside the meat.
- Demi-glace sauce
- Adds a rich, savoury meat flavour and gloss to the plate.
The step that matters
Grilling or frying the cutlets for about 20 minutes. Pork cutlets dry out quickly if overcooked, so the time over heat needs watching. Browning comes from direct, dry heat on the surface, and the meat must still be cooked through at the centre.
“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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