Why it works: Lamb and liver work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 145 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Roasting Lambs Whole
Ingredients
Directions
Dress the lamb by removing the innards.
Cut the liver into small portions and mix with the intestines.
Season the lamb with aromatic spices.
Roast the lamb until it is golden brown and cooked through.
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 pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.
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Lamb + livertop 17% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together145 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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