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Braised Halibut Fillets in Coconut and Lemongrass with Smoked Eggplant and Tomato Ginger Chutney

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Eggplant and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 651 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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

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By epicurious. 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. Eggplant + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Lemon + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,154 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Eggplant + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together852 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  5. Ginger + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

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