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Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Marinade for Venison

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil the water with the wine vinegar, juniper berries, pepper, bay leaves, cloves, garlic, peel from 1/2 lemon (in pieces) and a tablespoon of salt in a non-reactive pot.

  2. Boil everything for 5 minutes.

  3. Let cool and pour over the venison placed in a bowl.

  4. Keep it like this for 24 hours.

  5. The liquid must cover the venison.

  6. If not, you have to turn the venison every 5-6 hours.

  7. Category:Romanian Recipes

  8. Category:Romanian Meat Dishes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

59Calories
1 gProtein
1 gFat
9 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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.

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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. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  4. Lemon + garlictop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

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

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wine, vinegar, pepper, lemon, garlic):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wine, vinegar, pepper, lemon, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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