Name: Minty Lamb with Warm Veg Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 carrots , peeled, cut into sticks; 3 medium parsnips , peeled, cut into sticks; 2 red onions , peeled, cut into wedges; 2 tbsp olive oil; 3 large cooked beetroot , cut into wedges; 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 4 lamb chops , trimmed; small bunch mint , roughly chopped

Why it works: Parsnip and beetroot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 144 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Minty Lamb with Warm Veg Salad

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

3 carrots , peeled, cut into sticks
3 medium parsnips , peeled, cut into sticks
2 red onions , peeled, cut into wedges
2 tbsp olive oil
3 large cooked beetroot , cut into wedges
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
4 lamb chops , trimmed
small bunch mint , roughly chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

540Calories

28 gProtein

35 gFat

30 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Lamb	100g cooked	294
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parsnip	1/2 cup (78g)	55
Red Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Beetroot	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

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.

Parsnip + beetroottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together144 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + parsniptop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,097 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + beetroottop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together699 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together21,601 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + beetroottop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,261 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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 (carrot, parsnip, onion, olive, beetroot, vinegar, lamb):

Cuminfits better
Parsleyfits better
Garlicfits better
Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, parsnip, onion, olive, beetroot, vinegar, lamb. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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