Name: Lamb Cutlets, Cold
Ingredients: lamb cutlets; butter (for cooking); aspic jelly; cooked vegetables (peas, beans, asparagus points, or macédoine); mayonnaise or salad dressing; set aspic jelly (for garnish)

Why it works: Lamb and peas work together. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 650 recipes. Both carry 2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Lamb Cutlets, Cold

Ingredients

lamb cutlets
butter (for cooking)
aspic jelly
cooked vegetables (peas, beans, asparagus points, or macédoine)
mayonnaise or salad dressing
set aspic jelly (for garnish)

Directions

Trim and flatten the lamb cutlets.
Cook the cutlets in butter by sautéing or grilling, or braise them for better flavor.
Press the cooked cutlets beneath a heavy weight until completely cold.
Pour a layer of aspic jelly into a sauté pan or large dish and let it set.
Arrange the cutlets in the set aspic jelly and cover with another layer of aspic jelly, then let it set again.
Chill the dish on ice for about 1 hour.
Cut the set cutlets out with a sharp knife and arrange them in a circle on a round dish.
Fill the center with seasoned cooked vegetables and garnish with cubes of set aspic jelly before serving.

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.

Lamb + peastop 14% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together650 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Butter + peastop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,887 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Lamb + buttertop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,232 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).