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Levi Roots' Steamed Snapper with Tenderstem Recipe

Steamed snapper)fish with ocra (Ladies Fingers) is one of Jamaica's favourite dishes.

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Why it works: Snapper and coconut work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 15 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

2 people
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Snapper + coconuttop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lime + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together305 recipes

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

  3. Thyme + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,563 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  4. Carrot + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,105 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (snapper, butter, coconut, milk, thyme, carrot, potato):

  1. Mangoabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Limethe original
  3. Lemonabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Cherryabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against snapper, butter, coconut, milk, thyme, carrot, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).