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Venison Racks with Savoy Cabbage and Pancetta with Mash and Chianti Butter

Worth the effort, this dinner party dish is perfect for showing off your culinary skills to friends.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Venison and butter work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 957 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Venison + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together957 recipes

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

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Pepper + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Garlic + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,512 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Pepper + cabbagetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,080 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (venison, pepper, olive, garlic, butter, potato, cream):

  1. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Parsleyabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Thymethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against venison, pepper, olive, garlic, butter, potato, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).