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Oysters with Iberico Ham, Toasted Buckwheat, Cucumber, Velvet Pioppini Mushrooms and Vinegar Aioli

Briny, juicy oysters are great with sweet-salty Spanish ham, and offset with nutty buckwheat and pickled cucumbers.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and buckwheat share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 27 recipes mention both. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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

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

  1. Mushroom + buckwheattop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. White wine + mushroomtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,704 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  3. Cucumber + oystertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  4. Vinegar + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,705 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  5. Mushroom + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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