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Roe Deer with Beetroot, Cauliflower and Sage

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Why it works: Roe and red wine work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and 26 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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Serves 4

Ingredients

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

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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. Roe + red winetop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Sage + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,485 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,973 recipes

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

  4. Sage + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together887 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Beetroot + cauliflowertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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