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Guinea Fowl with Mustard & Lemon Roots

A flavoursome recipe with an increasingly popular bird and delicious roasted veggies

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Guinea Fowl with Mustard & Lemon Roots

Why it works: Carrot and leek match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,310 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Guinea Fowl with Mustard & Lemon Roots

Serves 4
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

432Calories
10 gProtein
18 gFat
58 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Carrot + leektop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,310 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,107 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Potato + leektop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

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

  4. Mustard + leektop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, olive, carrot, potato, leek, white wine):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Parsnipfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, olive, carrot, potato, leek, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.