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A Celebration of Kentish Lamb

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By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 28 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and rosemary work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 708 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

A Celebration of Kentish Lamb

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1075Calories
70 gProtein
61 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot 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. Potato + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together708 recipes

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

  2. Chicken + lambtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Red wine + rosemarytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together320 recipes

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

  4. Chicken + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  5. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the rosemary

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, lamb, potato, cream, butter, egg, red wine):

  1. Garlicfits about as well
  2. Rosemarythe original
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, lamb, potato, cream, butter, egg, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.