Name: Cumberland Sausages with Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 55 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 300 butternut squash, peeled, deseeded, and cut into bite-sized chunks; g large or 2 small leeks, cut into 3cm (1in) pieces; 1 small red onions, quartered; 2 small new potatoes, scrubbed, and halved lengthways (quartered if large); 300 olive oil, plus extra for the sausages; g salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 thyme leaves; tbsp chopped rosemary leaves; 1 Cumberland sausage coils, each weighing about 200g, or 8 Cumberland sausages, weighing 100g each

Why it works: Thyme and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Cumberland Sausages with Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe

4 people

Prep10 min

Cook55 min

Ingredients

300 butternut squash, peeled, deseeded, and cut into bite-sized chunks
g large or 2 small leeks, cut into 3cm (1in) pieces
1 small red onions, quartered
2 small new potatoes, scrubbed, and halved lengthways (quartered if large)
300 olive oil, plus extra for the sausages
g salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 thyme leaves
tbsp chopped rosemary leaves
1 Cumberland sausage coils, each weighing about 200g, or 8 Cumberland sausages, weighing 100g each

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

925Calories

46 gProtein

55 gFat

62 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Pork	100g cooked	242
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By lovefood. 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.

Thyme + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Leek + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together360 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Butternut squash + rosemarytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together88 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,590 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, onion, potato, olive, pepper, thyme, rosemary):

Kalefits better
Chivefits better
Parsnipfits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, onion, potato, olive, pepper, thyme, rosemary. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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