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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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Why it works: Cumin and pita bread work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 48 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cumin + pita breadtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Pepper + allspicetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,395 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Yogurt + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Cumin + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Cumin + lambtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together492 recipes

    Shared aroma: sabinene (woody, terpenic).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the allspice

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

  1. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  3. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  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. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).