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Roast Lamb Leg, Salmoriglio Sauce and Almond Croquettes

Salmoriglio is a classic Sicilian sauce that goes brilliantly with roast or grilled meats. Use plenty of lemon juice to cut through the richness of the lamb.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 23 ingredients
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Why it works: Lamb and almond work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 121 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4-6
Prep30 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Contains: egg, wheat, tree nuts, fish (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. Lamb + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,036 recipes

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

  3. Mint + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,998 recipes

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

  4. Oregano + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together784 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the capers

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parsley, oregano, mint, garlic, olive, lemon, lamb):

  1. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  2. Thymebetter flavor fit
  3. Basilbetter flavor fit
  4. Capersthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parsley, oregano, mint, garlic, olive, lemon, lamb. 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).