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) 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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Explore the science
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.
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Swordfish + saucetop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together8 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,039 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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Ginger + carrottop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,377 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Ginger + lemontop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together5,154 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Carrot + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned 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):
- Tomatobetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Carrotthe original
- 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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