Buttered Turbot with Leeks and Whitstable Champagne Oysters

Name: Buttered Turbot with Leeks and Whitstable Champagne Oysters
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 oysters; 1 shallot; 200ml/7fl oz champagne; 2 tbsp double cream; 100g/3½oz butter; squeeze of lemon juice; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 x 75-100g/3-3½ portions of turbot; 1 large leek; 1 heaped tbsp lightly chopped chervil

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients

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Buttered Turbot with Leeks and Whitstable Champagne Oysters

Serves 4

Prep30 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

303Calories

12 gProtein

20 gFat

22 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Oyster	6 medium (84g)	81
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Champagne	not in our table	0
Turbot	not in our table	0
Chervil	not in our table	0

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.

Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,523 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Oyster + turbottop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together92 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Cream + turbottop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together127 recipes

Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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