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Roast Monkfish with Cumin and Coriander Spice and a Baked Aubergine Purée

This is a very simple recipe with a piece of lightly spiced monkfish on a bed of aubergine purée served with a sharp, slightly spicy dressing.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Roast Monkfish with Cumin and Coriander Spice and a Baked Aubergine Purée

Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Roast Monkfish with Cumin and Coriander Spice and a Baked Aubergine Purée

Serves 2
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

311Calories
2 gProtein
32 gFat
9 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Monkfishnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Coriander + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

  3. Olive + caperstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Lemon + caperstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the capers

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cumin, coriander, olive, cream, lemon, pepper, butter):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Capersthe original

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