Name: Abalone in Shell
Ingredients: 18 x Abalones; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/2 cup Cabbage; 1/2 x Lemon; Parsley

Why it works: Abalone and parsley work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and 2 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Directions

Select medium-sized abalones and scrub shells with brush.
Wash slippery surface of abalone meat and slide knife into shells to free meat Parboil abalone meat in salted, boiling water for 5 minutes and return to shells.
Shred cabbage finely, dip into cold water for 20 minutes, and drain.
Cut lemon into thin rings, and cut rings into half- moon shape.
Add red pepper oil, minced garlic, sugar and salt to tomato catsup to make sauce.
Place shredded cabbage in bottom of dish and top with abalones in shells.
Garnish with lemon and parsley in middle of dish. Serve abalones with catsup.
Category:North Korean Recipes
Category:North Korean Salads

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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.

Abalone + parsleytop 25% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together14,036 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cabbage + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together660 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Cabbage + lemontop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together397 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Abalone + lemontop 33% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together1 recipe

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (abalone, lemon, parsley):

Carrotbetter flavor fit
Arrowrootbetter flavor fit
Shallotbetter flavor fit
Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against abalone, lemon, parsley. 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).