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Pan-fried Halibut with Sprout Tops and a Cockle, Mussel and Clam Sauce

You could substitute the halibut for other firm-fleshed white fish in this simple but sophisticated dish.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Chive and chervil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 370 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Pan-fried Halibut with Sprout Tops and a Cockle, Mussel and Clam Sauce

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

493Calories
52 gProtein
28 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Halibut100g cooked140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Chervilnot 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. Chive + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together370 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together266 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Olive + chivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the chervil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, white wine, clam, shallot, chive):

  1. Capersfits about as well
  2. Chervilthe original
  3. Garlicfits about as well
  4. Parsleyfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, white wine, clam, shallot, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.