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Baked Halibut with Almonds

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Baked Halibut with Almonds

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Baked Halibut with Almonds

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

474Calories
29 gProtein
29 gFat
23 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Halibut100g cooked140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
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.

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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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Raisin + almondtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,781 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  4. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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 (pepper, butter, white wine, almond, lemon, parsley):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, butter, white wine, almond, lemon, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.