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Scallops in a White Wine Sauce with Watercress

Scallops are expensive and require careful cooking to preserve their delicate texture, so take care not to overcook them. Serve with boiled new potatoes.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Turmeric and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 282 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Scallops in a White Wine Sauce with Watercress

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1262Calories
90 gProtein
50 gFat
103 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Watercress1 cup (34g)4

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. Turmeric + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together282 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Turmeric + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,478 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Turmeric + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,637 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  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 turmeric

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, scallop, butter, pepper, shallot, white wine, fish):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Turmericthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, scallop, butter, pepper, shallot, white wine, fish. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.