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Diver Scallops with Red and Golden Baby Beets

When cooking the beets sous vide, place the red and golden beets in separate vacuum bags, as instructed below, so they will maintain their individual colors.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Diver Scallops with Red and Golden Baby Beets

Why it works: Thyme and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Diver Scallops with Red and Golden Baby Beets

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

356Calories
28 gProtein
15 gFat
35 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Grapeseed Oil1 tbsp (14g)120
Shrimp100g cooked99
Orange Juice1 medium (131g)62
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
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 williamssonoma. 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. Thyme + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

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

  2. Thyme + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lime + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

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

  4. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Lime + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together305 recipes

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

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lime, scallop, pepper, thyme, lemon, shallot):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Orangethe original
  3. Cherryfits less well
  4. Mangofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against lime, scallop, pepper, thyme, lemon, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.