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BBQ Minty Garlic Lamb

Infuse lamb with mint and garlic - goes really well on the barbecue, or cook indoors for 4-5 mins on each side

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Garlic and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,519 recipes mention both. Both carry phellandrene, which smells minty. The science ↓

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Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

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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. Garlic + minttop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,519 recipes

    Shared aroma: phellandrene (minty).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Garlic + lambtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,376 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Olive + lambtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,391 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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