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Roasted Lamb, Pickled Squash and Turnips with a Chilli Dressing

Strips of juicy lamb in a salad of nuts, leaves, and tangy pickles with a sweet chilli-jam dressing.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 26 ingredients
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Why it works: Butternut squash and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roasted Lamb, Pickled Squash and Turnips with a Chilli Dressing

Serves 2-4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

987Calories
37 gProtein
61 gFat
80 gCarbs

Counts 20 of 22 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 20 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Cashew1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)157
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
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)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
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Butternut squash + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Turnip + butternut squashtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Turnip + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together202 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. White wine + plumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, vinegar, sugar, turnip, butternut squash, shallot, plum):

  1. Kalefits better
  2. Beetrootfits better
  3. Arrowrootfits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, vinegar, sugar, turnip, butternut squash, shallot, plum. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.