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Lamb Cutlets with Almond Tabbouleh

Give cutlets the Moroccan treatment and serve on a bed of fragrant fluffy tabbouleh

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Lamb Cutlets with Almond Tabbouleh

Why it works: Garlic and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,076 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Lamb Cutlets with Almond Tabbouleh

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

671Calories
34 gProtein
36 gFat
55 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bulgurnot in our table0
Wheatnot 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. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

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

  3. Wheat + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

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

  4. Wheat + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together468 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-nonanal (fatty, waxy).

  5. Almond + plumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together211 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 mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bulgur, wheat, almond, garlic, clove, plum, tomato):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bulgur, wheat, almond, garlic, clove, plum, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.