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Oregano & Lemon Roasties

Zesty Greek-style roasties, wonderful with roast lamb

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Oregano and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 784 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 220°C (425°F) and put a large baking tray in to heat.

  2. Pat the potato chunks dry with a clean towel, then toss them in a bowl with the olive oil until evenly coated.

  3. Carefully spread the potatoes in a single layer on the hot tray and roast for 20 minutes.

  4. Turn the potatoes over with a spatula and roast for another 15 minutes.

  5. Mix the oregano leaves and lemon zest together in a small bowl.

  6. Scatter the oregano and lemon zest over the potatoes and roast for a final 5 minutes, until golden and crisp, then serve hot.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Oregano + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together784 recipes

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

  2. Potato + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Oregano + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,288 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Lemon + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10,849 recipes

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

  5. Potato + oreganotop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together441 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the potato

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

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Eggplantbetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oregano, lemon, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).