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How to Cook Venison

This is venison cooked to melt in your mouth and served with a punchy pickle dressing on a light, refreshing salad.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Watercress and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

How to Cook Venison

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

368Calories
34 gProtein
20 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Venison100g cooked158
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
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.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Watercress + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Watercress + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together293 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Watercress + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together440 recipes

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

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (venison, pepper, watercress, shallot, walnut, mustard, sauce):

  1. Horseradishfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against venison, pepper, watercress, shallot, walnut, mustard, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.