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Roast Duck

This is a great recipe and really easy to make ahead of time and keep in the fridge. I'm using the fat that comes out of the duck to seal the meat off perfectly and preserve it – don't worry though, you're not going to eat it all!

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Roast Duck

Why it works: Rosemary and sage match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 465 recipes. Both carry 1,8-cineol, which smells eucalyptus, camphor. The science ↓

Roast Duck

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

669Calories
27 gProtein
48 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot 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 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.

  1. Rosemary + sagetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together465 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1,8-cineol (eucalyptus, camphor).

  2. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Sage + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,388 recipes

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

  4. Orange + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together261 recipes

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

  5. Orange + limetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, rosemary, sage, pepper, sugar, egg, lime):

  1. Chestnutfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, rosemary, sage, pepper, sugar, egg, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.