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Griddled Lamb Chops with Pine Nuts and Pomegranate Tabbouleh

Jame Martin works his magic on these lamb chops brushing them with oil-dipped rosemary. Served with spicy tabbouleh.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Why it works: Bulgur and lamb work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and 18 recipes mention both. Both carry acetaldehyde, which smells pungent, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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By bbcfood. 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. Bulgur + lambtop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

  2. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Chicken + lambtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Bulgur + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Cumin + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bulgur, wheat, chicken, caraway, cumin, coriander, garlic):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bulgur, wheat, chicken, caraway, cumin, coriander, garlic. 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).