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White Fish Poached in Oil

Poaching in oil is a technique that gives a silky texture and a unique seafood flavour to the fish.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Watercress and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

White Fish Poached in Oil

Serves 4
Prep2 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

247Calories
6 gProtein
20 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 12 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Rapeseed Oilnot in our table0
Turbotnot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Cidernot 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. Watercress + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + broccolitop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Watercress + broccolitop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + broccolitop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (watercress, turbot, sunflower, shallot, cider, cream, broccoli):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against watercress, turbot, sunflower, shallot, cider, cream, broccoli. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.