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Seared Lemon Pepper Tilapia with Creamy Pumpkin Seed Vinaigrette Salad Topped with Pomegranate Seeds

"Lemon pepper tilapia fillets are served with a crisp butter lettuce salad tossed with bright pomegranate seeds in homemade pumpkin seed vinaigrette."

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Seared Lemon Pepper Tilapia with Creamy Pumpkin Seed Vinaigrette Salad Topped with Pomegranate Seeds

Why it works: Mustard and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 859 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Seared Lemon Pepper Tilapia with Creamy Pumpkin Seed Vinaigrette Salad Topped with Pomegranate Seeds

6 servings
Prep35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1074Calories
43 gProtein
46 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 19 ingredients. The other 5 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
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Champagnenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Saladnot 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. Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  4. Thyme + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,948 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Mustard + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together913 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (champagne, mustard, shallot, thyme, egg, olive, pepper):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against champagne, mustard, shallot, thyme, egg, olive, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.