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Lamb Cutlets with Lentil & Feta Salad

Impressive looking, but simple to prepare, this lamb cutlet dish is perfect for a speedy mid-week supper party

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Lamb Cutlets with Lentil & Feta Salad

Why it works: Peas and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,137 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Lamb Cutlets with Lentil & Feta Salad

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

640Calories
36 gProtein
44 gFat
24 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Green Lentilnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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 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. Peas + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,137 recipes

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

  2. Feta cheese + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

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

  3. Peas + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,066 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

  4. Feta cheese + lambtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together102 recipes

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

  5. Mint + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,240 recipes

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

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, vinegar, sugar, mint, feta cheese, lamb, olive):

  1. Peasthe original
  2. Chickpeafits about as well
  3. Beansfits about as well
  4. Sesamefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, vinegar, sugar, mint, feta cheese, lamb, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.