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Lamb with Sour Cream

A lamb dish cooked with lard, flour, sour cream, salt, and dill, then baked until the liquid reduces.

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Why it works: Flour and dill work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 639 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Lamb with Sour Cream

Time15-20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the meat.

  2. Fry the meat in lard until browned.

  3. Add the flour and mix well.

  4. Fry only slightly.

Make the sauce

  1. Pour in the sour cream.

  2. Add salt.

  3. Simmer for 15-20 minutes.

  4. Add chopped dill.

Finish and serve

  1. Set the dish in the oven until the liquid reduces.

  2. Keep the pan covered.

  3. Serve with polenta.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

968Calories
55 gProtein
36 gFat
102 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Lamb100g cooked294
Lard1 tbsp (12.8g)115
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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. Flour + dilltop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together639 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Lamb + dilltop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Cream + flourtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

  4. Lamb + flourtop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetaldehyde (pungent, ethereal).

  5. Lamb + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together461 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

What each ingredient does

Lamb
Is the main protein, browned first to build savoury flavour and tender texture after simmering.
Lard
Fat for frying that browns the meat and carries flavour through the dish.
Sour cream
Adds richness and a tangy acidity, and thickens slightly as it reduces.
Flour
Lightly coats the meat and thickens the sauce as it cooks.

The step that matters

Fry only slightly after adding the flour. Frying the flour briefly cooks off its raw taste and helps it thicken the sauce; over-browning can make the sauce taste bitter or dark.

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, cream, flour):

  1. Jalapenofits better
  2. Nutmegfits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, cream, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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