Skip to main content

Lamb Meatball Pitas

These lamb meatball pitas are more like pit-zas! Big Middle Eastern flavors of lamb, hummus and yogurt sauce get layered into an Italian pizza package.

Jump to recipe ↓
Lamb Meatball Pitas

Why it works: Cinnamon and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,917 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Lamb Meatball Pitas

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1287Calories
67 gProtein
63 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 17 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Lamb100g cooked294
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatballnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Saffronnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Saucenot 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 tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Cinnamon + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,917 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Saffron + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together381 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Pine + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together71 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Pine + cinnamontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Pine + saffrontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, pine, mint, saffron, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander):

  1. Pistachiofits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, pine, mint, saffron, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.