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Lamb Chops with Smoky Aubergine Salad

A quick Moroccan inspired dish that is great for entertaining friends and family

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Lamb Chops with Smoky Aubergine Salad

Why it works: Lemon and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lamb Chops with Smoky Aubergine Salad

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

646Calories
30 gProtein
57 gFat
9 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4

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. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + pinetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

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

  3. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Dill + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, lamb, lemon, dill, pine):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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