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Tomales Bay Oysters Rockefellar

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Tomales Bay Oysters Rockefellar

Why it works: Shallot and watercress share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Tomales Bay Oysters Rockefellar

Makes 24 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

307Calories
13 gProtein
20 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Shallot + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Leek + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

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

  3. Leek + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Leek + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (leek, shallot, garlic, watercress, butter, pepper, cream):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against leek, shallot, garlic, watercress, butter, pepper, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.