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Roasted Loin of Venison with Spiced Confit Chestnuts, Carrots, Curly Kale, Venison Jus and Chilli Chocolate Oil

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 34 ingredients
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Why it works: Venison and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep1 hr
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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. Venison + chocolatetop 18% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

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

  4. Coriander + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together872 recipes

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

  5. Cardamom + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the fenugreek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (venison, coriander, potato, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, chestnut):

  1. Nutmegbetter flavor fit
  2. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  3. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  4. Fenugreekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against venison, coriander, potato, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, chestnut. 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).