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Roasted Venison with Roasted Beetroot, Shallots and Sweet Potato Mash

The natural sweetness of beetroot and sweet potato is a great foil for the gamey flavour of venison.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Beetroot and venison work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 26 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook2 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. Beetroot + venisontop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Chicken + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,756 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  5. Thyme + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,467 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red wine, chicken, thyme, sugar, butter, beetroot, olive):

  1. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Tarragonabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Marjoramabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against red wine, chicken, thyme, sugar, butter, beetroot, olive. 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).