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Pan Roasted Halibut with Calvados and Serrano Ham-Butter Sauce

"Fresh halibut and savory Mediterranean flavors come together to make a great dish. If you cannot find halibut, substitute sea bass, snapper, or cod."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Pan Roasted Halibut with Calvados and Serrano Ham-Butter Sauce

Why it works: Flour and raisin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,075 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Pan Roasted Halibut with Calvados and Serrano Ham-Butter Sauce

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1628Calories
105 gProtein
67 gFat
153 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Chicken100g cooked165
Halibut100g cooked140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple Brandy1 medium (182g)95
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Waternot 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 allrecipes. 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. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Shallot + raisintop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together40 recipes

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

  4. Canola oil + shallottop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together65 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + shallottop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,898 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 raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, pepper, flour, sauce, butter, shallot, ham):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, pepper, flour, sauce, butter, shallot, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.