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Garlic Lamb Shanks in Red Wine

An Alternative for Sunday Lunch or an impressive dinner party show piece -this easy lamb shank receipe with Roast Garlic, Veg and Red Wine will put a smile on your face whatever the occassion.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Garlic Lamb Shanks in Red Wine

Why it works: Leek and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 360 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Garlic Lamb Shanks in Red Wine

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

751Calories
28 gProtein
60 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Salt1 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Leek + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together360 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Leek + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,310 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Carrot + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  5. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

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

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, leek, carrot, clove, red wine, butter, thyme):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, leek, carrot, clove, red wine, butter, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.