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Valentine Warner's Crispy Roast Duck Leg with Cooling Cucumber Recipe

A classic recipe for crispy duck, served with a refreshing cucumber side.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,253 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Valentine Warner's Crispy Roast Duck Leg with Cooling Cucumber Recipe

2 people
Prep45 min
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

584Calories
22 gProtein
42 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 15 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Carawaynot in our table0
Caraway Seednot 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 lovefood. 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. Coriander + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Turmeric + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Cucumber + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,281 recipes

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

  4. Sunflower + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together191 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Sunflower + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, thyme, cucumber, coriander, caraway, turmeric, mustard):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Broccolifits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, thyme, cucumber, coriander, caraway, turmeric, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.