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Medallions of Venison with Cranberry-Port Sauce

Venison is a naturally lean meat, and although most venison is farm raised, which means it is tender and mild-flavored, it still benefits from long marination. It also has an affinity for the sweetness of fruit and the bold flavor of big wines. Here, it is marinated in a mixture that includes cranberry juice and is served with a sauce made from dried cranberries plumped in port. If you are using wild venison, marinate it for up to 48 hours.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Medallions of Venison with Cranberry-Port Sauce

Why it works: Garlic and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,000 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Medallions of Venison with Cranberry-Port Sauce

Serves 4.

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

856Calories
61 gProtein
45 gFat
55 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 19 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Venison100g cooked158
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Clove + carrottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,873 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + carrottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together803 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Clove + cranberrytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

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

Swap the cranberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, garlic, clove, shallot, carrot, beef, red wine):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Cranberrythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, garlic, clove, shallot, carrot, beef, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.