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Lamb Steaks with Houmous New Potatoes

The houmous potatoes are the perfect addition to flavoursome spring lamb in this recipe

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Lamb Steaks with Houmous New Potatoes

Why it works: Potato and parsley are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,855 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Lamb Steaks with Houmous New Potatoes

Serves 2
Prep2 min
Cook18 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

601Calories
31 gProtein
35 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Olive1 large (4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Potato + lambtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together520 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, lamb, olive, parsley):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, lamb, olive, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.