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Duck Confit with Lentils

This is a great brasserie dish from the south west of France. It can be hearty winter food but is not too heavy for the summer; it would make a terrific outdoor lunch.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and chervil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 266 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Duck Confit with Lentils

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

562Calories
30 gProtein
29 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Goosenot in our table0
Chervilnot 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. Shallot + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together266 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Lentils + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Lentils + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Thyme + cherviltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together201 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, thyme, honey, lentils, shallot, carrot, chervil):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, thyme, honey, lentils, shallot, carrot, chervil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.