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Venison with Juniper Berries, Sour Cherry Sauce and Pumpkin Mash

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and rosemary match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Venison with Juniper Berries, Sour Cherry Sauce and Pumpkin Mash

Serves 4-6
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

832Calories
64 gProtein
46 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Venison100g cooked158
Grapeseed Oil1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Redcurrantnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot 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. Thyme + rosemarytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Thyme + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Thyme + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,193 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (venison, red wine, thyme, rosemary, shallot, carrot, celery):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Winter savoryfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against venison, red wine, thyme, rosemary, shallot, carrot, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.