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Duckling Breast, Duck 'straws' with Spicy Red Cabbage, Baby Turnips and Mead Syrup

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 29 ingredients
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Why it works: Sherry and white wine match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 307 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Duckling Breast, Duck 'straws' with Spicy Red Cabbage, Baby Turnips and Mead Syrup

Serves 4
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1488Calories
70 gProtein
72 gFat
132 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Turnip1 medium (122g)34
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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. Sherry + white winetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together307 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  2. Sesame + gingertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Cabbage + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together545 recipes

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

  4. Cabbage + sesametop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. White wine + vinegartop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sesame, sugar, sherry, white wine, vinegar, ginger, flour):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sesame, sugar, sherry, white wine, vinegar, ginger, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.