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Lamb Burgers with Mint Greek Salad Topping

Here, a juicy burger is topped with a big serving of Greek salad. Mint-scented quinoa stands in for a bun to absorb the delicious flavors. Try using sheep’s milk feta cheese, which lends a wonderful fresh taste to the dish.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Lamb Burgers with Mint Greek Salad Topping

Why it works: Quinoa and cucumber share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 85 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Lamb Burgers with Mint Greek Salad Topping

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

866Calories
44 gProtein
48 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0

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. Quinoa + cucumbertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together85 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Tomato + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

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

  3. Cucumber + minttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together884 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 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 plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, tomato, cucumber, feta cheese, onion, mint, pepper):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, tomato, cucumber, feta cheese, onion, mint, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.