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Cheese Nut Halibut

Cheese Nut Halibut is baked halibut topped with cheese and nuts.

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Why it works: Garlic and dill work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 943 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Cheese Nut Halibut

Oven350°F
Time45 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Take a 13x9x2" baking dish.

  2. Melt ½ cup butter in the dish.

Assemble

  1. Put the halibut on top of the melted butter, sprinkle with garlic powder and dill.

  2. Spread 1½ cups shredded cheese on top of the halibut.

  3. Garnish with nuts, chopped or silvered.

Bake

  1. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until fish can be separated easily with a fork.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

370Calories
35 gProtein
24 gFat
2 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Halibut100g cooked140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4

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.

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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. Garlic + dilltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together943 recipes

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

  2. Butter + cheddar cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,436 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  4. Dill + almondtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together46 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Garlic + almondtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together967 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Halibut
Forms the main body of the dish and becomes flaky and tender when cooked through.
Butter or margarine
Melted in the dish to add moisture and richness under the fish.
Shredded cheddar cheese
Melts over the fish to form a rich, browned topping.
Garlic powder
Adds savory aroma and flavor to the fish.

The step that matters

Bake until the fish flakes. Fish is done when it separates easily with a fork. Overbaking dries out the flesh and toughens it, while underbaking leaves it translucent and unsafe to eat.

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, garlic, cheddar cheese, almond):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, garlic, cheddar cheese, almond. 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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