Name: Lamb Chops
Ingredients: Lamb chops; Olive oil or melted butter; Salt; Pepper

Why it works: Lamb and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,586 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Lamb Chops

Ingredients

Lamb chops
Olive oil or melted butter
Salt
Pepper

Directions

Mold and cut sheets of thick white writing paper into heart shapes, 9 by 4.5 inches.
Dip the paper cases in olive oil or melted butter, ensuring all parts are oiled.
Season the lamb chops with salt and pepper, then dip them in melted butter.
Place each chop on one side of a paper case with the bone toward the center.
Fold the paper over the chop and roll the edges to seal.
Broil the chops for 8 minutes over moderate heat, turning the broiler frequently.
Serve the chops on a hot dish in the paper cases.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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.

Lamb + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,586 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Lamb + peppertop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,165 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).