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Catfish and Goat Cheese Pastries

A pastry filled with sautéed catfish, onion, garlic, goat cheese, and basil, baked until golden.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Catfish and Goat Cheese Pastries

Oven375°F
Time25 to 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Let piecrusts stand at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes.

  2. Unfold piecrusts.

  3. Place piecrusts on an ungreased baking sheet.

  4. In a saucepan, cook onion and garlic in butter or margarine until tender.

  5. Add catfish.

  6. Cook and stir about 5 minutes or until fish flakes easily. Use a spoon to break fish into small pieces.

  7. Add goat cheese or cream cheese and basil. Cook and stir until cheese melts.

  8. Remove from heat.

Shape the pastries

  1. Spoon half of the catfish mixture onto half of each piecrust.

  2. Moisten edges with water.

  3. Fold piecrusts in half.

  4. Turn edges under.

  5. Seal edges with the tines of a fork.

  6. For smaller pastries, cut piecrusts into thirds.

  7. Prick top of piecrust.

  8. Brush with milk.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a 375-degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until pastry is brown.

  2. Cut into wedges.

  3. Serve warm.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

360Calories
9 gProtein
30 gFat
15 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Catfishnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Clove + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Butter + goat cheesetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together184 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

What each ingredient does

Catfish fillets
Forms the main filling, providing the protein and savory body of the pastry.
Goat cheese or cream cheese
Melts into the filling, adding creaminess and moisture that keeps the fish tender.
Piecrusts
Form the flaky outer case that encloses the filling and browns in the oven.
Butter or margarine
Cooks the onion and garlic gently and adds richness to the filling.
Onion
Adds sweetness and savory depth as it softens in the fat.

The step that matters

Cook and stir until cheese melts. Heating the cheese gently into the warm fish makes a smooth, cohesive filling. Overheating can make it grainy or oily and leak out during baking, so remove the pan from heat once it melts.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, butter, catfish, goat cheese, basil):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, butter, catfish, goat cheese, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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