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Duck with Red Cabbage & Madeira Gravy

A decadent duck dish slow-cooked French-style in goose fat to make it mouthwateringly tender

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 19 ingredients
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Duck with Red Cabbage & Madeira Gravy

Why it works: Thyme and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,476 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Duck with Red Cabbage & Madeira Gravy

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1416Calories
70 gProtein
59 gFat
150 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Duck100g cooked with skin337
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Goosenot in our table0
Redcurrantnot 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. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + flourtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Thyme + red winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together749 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Shallot + cabbagetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Thyme + cabbagetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together238 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (thyme, butter, shallot, flour, chicken, red wine, vinegar):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Leekfits better
  3. Mustardfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against thyme, butter, shallot, flour, chicken, red wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.