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Honey Roasted Caramelised Duck Breast with a Sweet Potato Rosti and Red Wine Sauce

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Thyme and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,585 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Honey Roasted Caramelised Duck Breast with a Sweet Potato Rosti and Red Wine Sauce

Makes 1
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

606Calories
25 gProtein
28 gFat
58 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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 + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  2. Thyme + sweet potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together192 recipes

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

  3. Red wine + thymetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together749 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Sweet potato + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

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

  5. Honey + red winetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together112 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the sweet potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, honey, red wine, thyme, pepper):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Sweet potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, honey, red wine, thyme, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.