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Smoked Eel, Pigs' Trotters, Cauliflower, Maple and Sherry Vinegar

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 30 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 ↓

Smoked Eel, Pigs' Trotters, Cauliflower, Maple and Sherry Vinegar

Serves 4
Prep2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1353Calories
64 gProtein
52 gFat
152 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 19 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Eelnot 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. Leek + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,310 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Cauliflower + leektop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Leek + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,326 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, leek, onion, carrot, garlic, ham, maple syrup):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, leek, onion, carrot, garlic, ham, maple syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.