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Dukkah Lamb with Smoky Aubergines

Add a little North African spice to your cooking with this simple lamb dish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Dukkah Lamb with Smoky Aubergines

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Dukkah Lamb with Smoky Aubergines

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

777Calories
36 gProtein
55 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 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
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Hazelnutnot 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. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Cherry tomato + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

  4. Plum + clovetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together446 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Olive + plumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,266 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, lamb, egg, plum, lemon, garlic, clove):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Cherryfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, lamb, egg, plum, lemon, garlic, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.