Why it works: Lamb and harissa work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 40 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4.Ingredients
Contains: wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
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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.
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Lamb + harissatop 7% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together40 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Olive + almondtop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,586 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Lamb + olivetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,391 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Lamb + peppertop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,165 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Lamb + almondtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together121 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the currant
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, harissa, sauce, olive, pepper, almond):
- Lemonbetter flavor fit
- Cherrybetter flavor fit
- Limebetter flavor fit
- Currantthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, harissa, sauce, olive, pepper, almond. 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).
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