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Lamb Burgers with Red Onion-Cumin Sauce

Lamb patties are as appealing as beef, particularly when seasoned with allspice. Spoon gently spiced creamy yogurt sauce on top, then add sliced tomato. Serve with chips and a vegetable salad.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Lamb Burgers with Red Onion-Cumin Sauce

Why it works: Cumin and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 194 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Lamb Burgers with Red Onion-Cumin Sauce

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

942Calories
75 gProtein
53 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Pita Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
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 williamssonoma. 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. Cumin + allspicetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Pepper + allspicetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,395 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Cumin + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, yogurt, onion, cumin, pepper, lamb, olive):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Allspicethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, yogurt, onion, cumin, pepper, lamb, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.