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Slow-roasted Shoulder of Lamb with Green Bean, Pomegranate and Pine Nut Salad

Four hours of cooking produces meltingly tender lamb, which works wonderfully with Lesley Water’s simple green bean, pomegranate and pine nut salad.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and oregano are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,756 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Slow-roasted Shoulder of Lamb with Green Bean, Pomegranate and Pine Nut Salad

Serves 4-6
Prep30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1046Calories
39 gProtein
56 gFat
108 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)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. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Olive + oreganotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, potato, shallot, garlic, oregano, pepper, lamb):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, potato, shallot, garlic, oregano, pepper, lamb. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.