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Why it works: Swordfish and sauce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

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

Directions

  1. 1) place fish in glass dish. 2) combine soy sauce,sherry,carrot,garlic,red pepper,ginger,scallions & lemon zest.pour over fish.cover & set aside 1hr at room temperature.remove fish from marinade & pat dry,& brush w/oil.

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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. Swordfish + saucetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Ginger + carrottop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Ginger + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,154 recipes

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

  5. Carrot + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (swordfish, sherry, garlic, ginger, lemon, sauce, pepper):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotthe original
  4. Onionabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against swordfish, sherry, garlic, ginger, lemon, sauce, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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