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Moroccan Kofte with Spicy Tomato Sauce

Bring out a big dish to share next time you have friends over - you can make the sauce and kofte ahead to keep it stress-free

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Moroccan Kofte with Spicy Tomato Sauce

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Moroccan Kofte with Spicy Tomato Sauce

Serves 4
Prep25 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

858Calories
49 gProtein
58 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mint2 tbsp fresh (3g)2
Coriandernot in our table0
Harissanot 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, onion, coriander, mint, olive, garlic, tomato):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, onion, coriander, mint, olive, garlic, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.