Name: Spicy Lamb Chops with Turkish Pepper Salsa
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 rack of lamb , about 8 chops; 3 tbsp pomegranate molasses; ½ red pepper , finely diced; ½ small cucumber , seeded and finely diced; 1 small red onion , diced; small handful mint leaves, roughly chopped, plus extra, to garnish; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 50g feta cheese , crumbled

Why it works: Pomegranate and mint work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Spicy Lamb Chops with Turkish Pepper Salsa

Serves 4

Prep15 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1 rack of lamb , about 8 chops
3 tbsp pomegranate molasses
½ red pepper , finely diced
½ small cucumber , seeded and finely diced
1 small red onion , diced
small handful mint leaves, roughly chopped, plus extra, to garnish
1 tbsp tomato purée
50g feta cheese , crumbled

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

627Calories

37 gProtein

32 gFat

51 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Lamb	100g cooked	294
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Pomegranate	1/2 cup seeds (87g)	72
Molasses	1 tbsp (20g)	58
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
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.

Pomegranate + minttop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Cucumber + tomatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,405 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pomegranate + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together32 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Cucumber + minttop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together884 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,923 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, pomegranate, molasses, pepper, cucumber, mint, tomato):

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Capsicumfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, pomegranate, molasses, pepper, cucumber, mint, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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