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Maple and Balsamic Glazed Lamb Chops with Couscous

These flavour combos are not a reinvention of the wheel, but a simple seductive supper none-the-less. I have to do away with knives and forks for these little lamb chops and with messy fingers gnaw off the meat, right down to the bone.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Mint and pomegranate work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Maple and Balsamic Glazed Lamb Chops with Couscous

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

992Calories
41 gProtein
58 gFat
79 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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. Mint + pomegranatetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Almond + pomegranatetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Thyme + pomegranatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, pepper, lamb, almond, mint, pomegranate, olive):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, pepper, lamb, almond, mint, pomegranate, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.