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Tea Smoked Duck Breasts with Lobster, Apple Purée, Maple Jelly and Bitter Leaves

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Tea Smoked Duck Breasts with Lobster, Apple Purée, Maple Jelly and Bitter Leaves

Serves 4
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1273Calories
55 gProtein
57 gFat
137 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 22 ingredients. The other 7 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Apple Juice1 medium (182g)95
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Leafnot in our table0
Teanot in our table0
Chicorynot in our table0
Radicchionot in our table0
Endivenot 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. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Star anise + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together312 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Star anise + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Cinnamon + appletop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,598 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Clove + appletop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,774 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (maple syrup, star anise, cinnamon, clove, apple, white wine, sugar):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Pearfits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, star anise, cinnamon, clove, apple, white wine, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.