This is why you should be cooking lamb with dark chocolate instead of mint - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food This is why you should be cooking lamb with dark chocolate instead of mint By You Magazine - September 3, 2019 When cooking lamb, most of us automatically reach for mint as the main seasoning. But a new study has revealed that there are three other unusual flavours we should be mixing with our meat instead if we want to get the best out of it. Getty Images As reported by The Independent, research from Simply Beef & Lamb has revealed that dark chocolate, coffee and mackerel are the ultimate seasonings for a lamb dish. Yes, really! This is because these ingredients were found to be the most compatible tastes with lamb after researchers looked at the molecular make-up of the meat in order to identify foods that share similar flavour compounds. Their results also found that other surprising foods such as shrimp, whiskey, brie, peanuts, potatoes and grapefruit were also compatible flavours when cooking lamb, though dark chocolate and coffee turned out to be the strongest. Who would have thought, eh? Food scientist and flavour expert Dr Rachel Edwards-Stuart, who teamed up with Simply Beef & Lamb for the study, explained the unusual suggested partnerships, saying: ‘While many of these ingredients are common in cooking, people can often be afraid to put bold flavours together.’ Getty Images He continued: ‘This research shows that the traditional pairings of rosemary or mint may not be the best food to bring out all of the flavours lamb has to offer. People can therefore afford to be a bit bolder in their choices.’ As well as swapping out the mint for dark chocolate, which shares the greatest similarities with cooked lamb, the study also suggests that whisky is a better alcoholic pairing than the usual glass of red wine we tend to have. This is because both red wine and whiskey (though more so the latter) have an aroma which contains cocoa and almond notes – two flavours that compliment the taste of lamb. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved