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Oysters Recipe

Crunchy oyster with iodized juice and citric caviar

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Fennel and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Oysters Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

916Calories
51 gProtein
28 gFat
111 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Seaweednot in our table0
Roenot in our table0
Wasabinot 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. Fennel + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Fennel + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Oyster + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,545 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the seaweed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oyster, bread, egg, cream, fennel, pepper, dill):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Horseradishfits better
  4. Seaweedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oyster, bread, egg, cream, fennel, pepper, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.