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Fish Roes, Baked

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Fish and roe work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Fish Roes, Baked

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a hot oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

  1. Parboil the fish roes in slightly salted water for 10 minutes.

  2. Drain them on a cloth.

  3. Lay the roes on thin slices of breakfast bacon in a baking tin.

  4. Place thin slices of bacon over the roes.

  5. Bake in a hot oven at 400°F (200°C) until the bacon is crisp and brown.

  6. Serve with your preferred fish sauce.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Fish + roetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Roe + vinegartop 25% of all pairs
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    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Fish + vinegartop 26% of all pairs
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    Cooked together1,036 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetoin (butter, cream).

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