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Spice-Coated Rack of Lamb for Two with Arugula, Avocado, and Blood Orange Salad

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Why it works: Arugula and avocado work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 54 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-hexenal, which smells green, leafy. The science ↓

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Makes 2 servings

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Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By epicurious. 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. Arugula + avocadotop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together54 recipes

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

  2. Cocoa powder + coffeetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together541 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  3. Cumin + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together5,083 recipes

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

  4. Cumin + avocadotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together415 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Cumin + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cocoa powder, coffee, pepper, lamb, canola oil, butter, garlic):

  1. Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Cuminthe original
  3. Cardamomabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Rosemaryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against cocoa powder, coffee, pepper, lamb, canola oil, butter, garlic. 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).