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Sautéed Lambs Liver, Minted Peas, Potato Purée, Sherry Vinegar Sauce

Make liver a luxury by serving it with creamy mash, minted peas and a rich sauce.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 24 ingredients
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Why it works: Lamb and potato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 520 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (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. Lamb + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together520 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Shallot + peastop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  4. Peas + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,016 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Sherry + vinegartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together660 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

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 (flour, lamb, liver, butter, sherry, vinegar, cream):

  1. Potatobetter flavor fit
  2. Onionabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Asparagusabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, lamb, liver, butter, sherry, vinegar, cream. 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).