Name: Superb Cheat’s Kebabs
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 6 higher-welfare pork and leek sausages; 1 small bunch fresh rosemary, leaves removed apart from the end few; 1 small bunch fresh thyme, leaves picked; 1 good lug olive oil; ½ cucumber; 150 ml low-fat natural yoghurt; sea salt; freshly ground black pepper; juice of 1 lemon

Why it works: Rosemary and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,340 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Superb Cheat’s Kebabs

Serves 4

Ingredients

6 higher-welfare pork and leek sausages
1 small bunch fresh rosemary, leaves removed apart from the end few
1 small bunch fresh thyme, leaves picked
1 good lug olive oil
½ cucumber
150 ml low-fat natural yoghurt
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
juice of 1 lemon

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

748Calories

42 gProtein

55 gFat

23 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sausage	100g cooked	301
Pork	100g cooked	242
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Rosemary	1 tsp dried (1.2g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By jamieoliver. 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.

Rosemary + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,340 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Thyme + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,973 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Leek + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together360 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Rosemary + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together845 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Rosemary + olivetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,590 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, rosemary, thyme, olive, cucumber, pepper, lemon):

Tomatofits better
Capsicumfits better
Lettucefits better
Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, rosemary, thyme, olive, cucumber, pepper, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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