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Heston Blumenthal's Pan-seared Cod with Leek and Potato Sauce Recipe

A rich fish dish. Serve on a bed of diced waxy potatoes (steamed or boiled), dressed with a simple vinaigrette. Also delicious with buttered leeks and green beans.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Leek and chive share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Heston Blumenthal's Pan-seared Cod with Leek and Potato Sauce Recipe

2 people
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

835Calories
34 gProtein
52 gFat
60 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Pea Shootsnot 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. Leek + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

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

  2. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Onion + leektop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,326 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, leek, fish, cream, milk, chive):

  1. Shallotfits about as well
  2. Asparagusfits about as well
  3. Onionthe original
  4. Spinachfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, leek, fish, cream, milk, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.