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Terbiyeli Jigher Ch'drbassi

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,950 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Terbiyeli Jigher Ch'drbassi

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

418Calories
32 gProtein
26 gFat
7 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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. Lemon + cinnamontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Wine + vinegartop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,493 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Lamb + cinnamontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together393 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Lemon + winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together6,157 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Wine + cinnamontop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,170 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, egg, wine, vinegar, cinnamon):

  1. Plumfits about as well
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Applefits about as well
  4. Grapefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, egg, wine, vinegar, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.