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Warm Scallop, Asparagus and Broad Bean Salad

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and scallop work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Asparagus + scalloptop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Asparagus + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together292 recipes

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

  3. Asparagus + tarragontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Chicken + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,808 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  5. Vinegar + tarragontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, chicken, beans, cream, white wine, vinegar, tarragon):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, chicken, beans, cream, white wine, vinegar, tarragon. 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).