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Mustard and Lemon Sausages with Carrot Mash

Nigel Slater’s version of bangers and mash is quick, easy and full of flavour. Try it today and taste the difference.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,351 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Mustard and Lemon Sausages with Carrot Mash

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

507Calories
13 gProtein
39 gFat
29 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork Sausage100g cooked301
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Lemon + carrottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Mustard + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,816 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mustard + carrottop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,073 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Pork + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,445 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pork + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,933 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

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 (pork, mustard, honey, carrot, butter):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, mustard, honey, carrot, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.