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Ox-tail Soup with Vegetables

A hearty soup made with ox tail, potatoes, onions, and salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Ox-tail Soup with Vegetables

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare the ox-tail as directed, omitting the peas.

Cook and serve

  1. Boil the ox-tail for 2 hours.

  2. Skim off all the fat from the broth.

  3. Add the sliced potatoes and onions.

  4. Season to taste and serve without straining.

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. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

What each ingredient does

Ox-tail
Its collagen breaks down during long simmering, giving the broth a richer, more body-filled texture.
Potatoes
Their starch softens and slightly thickens the broth while adding substance to the soup.
Onions
As they soften in the hot broth, they add sweetness and a savoury aroma that builds the flavour base.

The step that matters

Skim off all the fat from the broth. Fat from the meat rises and collects on the surface during boiling. Removing it before adding the vegetables keeps the soup from tasting greasy and gives a cleaner, clearer broth.

“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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