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Roasted Loin of Lamb Rolled in a Sweet Chilli Jam Served with Pickled Vegetables

Succulent lamb cooked in a sweet, sticky, chilli sauce with a hint of fresh Thai flavours to cut through the richness.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 25 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,621 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Roasted Loin of Lamb Rolled in a Sweet Chilli Jam Served with Pickled Vegetables

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

839Calories
32 gProtein
49 gFat
74 gCarbs

Counts 19 of 21 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 19 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turnip1 medium (122g)34
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Garlic + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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 (tomato, lime, ginger, garlic, shallot, fish sauce, sesame):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, lime, ginger, garlic, shallot, fish sauce, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.