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Lobster, Scallop and Fish Soup with Kipper Sandwiches

This simple but sophisticated soup celebrates the best of British seafood. Serve it at a dinner party as an impressive starter.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 41 ingredients
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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 ↓

Lobster, Scallop and Fish Soup with Kipper Sandwiches

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1122Calories
86 gProtein
60 gFat
60 gCarbs

Counts 23 of 27 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 23 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Rye Bread1 slice (32g)83
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Saffronnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Nutnot 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.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Celery + leektop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Onion + leektop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,326 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Leek + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, onion, celery, leek, pepper, garlic):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, onion, celery, leek, pepper, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.