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Seabass and Pomegranate Ceviche Recipe

A refreshing and fragrant ceviche recipe from Sophie Michell. Watch as the acidity from the lemon and lime juice magically 'cooks' the fish...

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Radish and cucumber match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Seabass and Pomegranate Ceviche Recipe

4 people
Prep25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

299Calories
4 gProtein
15 gFat
45 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Molasses1 tbsp (20g)58
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot 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 lovefood. 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. Radish + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Pomegranate + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  4. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

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

Swap the radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pomegranate, molasses, lemon, lime, olive, pepper, cucumber):

  1. Lettucefits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pomegranate, molasses, lemon, lime, olive, pepper, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.