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Pan-roasted Monkfish with Ginger Velouté, Poached Fennel, Shellfish and Chanterelle Mushrooms

Try this unusual combination of ginger, fennel, chanterelle mushrooms and seafood for a fancy fish supper.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 30 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pan-roasted Monkfish with Ginger Velouté, Poached Fennel, Shellfish and Chanterelle Mushrooms

Serves 4
Prep1 hr
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

757Calories
52 gProtein
45 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 23 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Vermouthnot in our table0
Squidnot in our table0
Monkfishnot in our table0
Chanterellenot in our table0
Chervilnot 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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Celery + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + gingertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,154 recipes

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

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, shallot, celery, parsley, lemon, ginger, vermouth):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Fennelfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, shallot, celery, parsley, lemon, ginger, vermouth. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.