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Summer Seafood Stew with Fennel and Tomatoes

Our version of the classic seafood stew is prepared in a Cuisinart multicooker, so the ingredients simmer unattended until the last few minutes, when the fish and shrimp are added. Serve this hearty stew the traditional way, with crostini and aioli alongside.

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Why it works: Fennel and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 551 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6.

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Fennel + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together551 recipes

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

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Saffron + fenneltop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Lemon + fenneltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together723 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, lemon, saffron, egg, olive, pepper, fennel):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Spinachbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, lemon, saffron, egg, olive, pepper, fennel. 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).