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Rack of Lamb with Blueberry Sauce

Roasted lamb served with an easy blueberry, red wine, and butter pan sauce.

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Rack of Lamb with Blueberry Sauce

Why it works: Mustard and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Rack of Lamb with Blueberry Sauce

4 servings
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

661Calories
28 gProtein
48 gFat
29 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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.

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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. Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cinnamon + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,103 recipes

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

  3. Rosemary + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Pepper + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,324 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Cumin + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (lamb, pepper, rosemary, cinnamon, cumin, shallot, red wine):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, pepper, rosemary, cinnamon, cumin, shallot, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.