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Pan-seared Venison with Blueberries, Shallots & Red Wine

It's not often that I cook a nice bit of venison, but it's definitely worth a try. I think you'll be surprised how much you'll like it – the meat tastes like a well-hung steak and can be very juicy. It goes so well with the fruit in this dish, and is great served with some steamed purple sprouting broccoli. Mashed potato, parsnip or celeriac go well with this too.

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Venison and red wine work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 167 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. 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 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Venison + red winetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together167 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Thyme + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,585 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Thyme + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,641 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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 (thyme, pepper, olive, venison, shallot, red wine, butter):

  1. Rosemarybetter flavor fit
  2. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  3. Marjorambetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, pepper, olive, venison, shallot, red wine, butter. 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).