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Turkish Method of Dressing a Hind Quarter of Lamb

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Turkish Method of Dressing a Hind Quarter of Lamb

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

626Calories
37 gProtein
27 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saffronnot in our table0

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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Rice + saffrontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together629 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Garlic + saffrontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together678 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Onion + ricetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,433 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Lamb + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,376 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, garlic, egg, rice, saffron):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Onionthe original

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