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Halibut Steaks Recipe

Halibut steaks on pomegranate juice and beetroot puree scented with cumin

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Pomegranate and beetroot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Halibut Steaks Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

451Calories
30 gProtein
30 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Halibut100g cooked140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beetrootnot in our table0
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. Pomegranate + beetroottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pomegranate + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

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

  3. Dill + beetroottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together145 recipes

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

  4. Beetroot + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Dill + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

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

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, pomegranate, beetroot, butter, cumin):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Fennelfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, pepper, pomegranate, beetroot, butter, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.