Why it works: Fish and potato work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 134 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓
Boiled Cod
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the cod fish until cooked through.
Serve with croutons and potato patties on the side.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Fish + potatotop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together134 recipes
Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
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What each ingredient does
- Cod fish
- Provides the flaky, mild-tasting protein that is the centre of the dish.
The step that matters
Boil the cod fish until cooked through. Fish that is overcooked turns dry and stringy because its proteins tighten and squeeze out moisture. Checking for flakiness at the thickest point helps it stay tender while being fully cooked.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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