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Barbecued Black Bream with Fennel and Lemongrass Recipe

This recipe is perfect for the barbecue. Adam Byatt flavours his bream with fennel, lemongrass and star anise.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Fennel and star anise share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88 recipes. Both carry cis-anethole, which smells anise. The science ↓

Barbecued Black Bream with Fennel and Lemongrass Recipe

4 people
Prep20 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

260Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Leafnot in our table0
Star Anisenot 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 + star anisetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: cis-anethole (anise).

  2. Fennel + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together122 recipes

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

  3. Dill + star anisetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

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

  4. Fennel + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Dill + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,223 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fennel, dill, olive, star anise):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, dill, olive, star anise. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.