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Original Eeceipt Eor the Bouillabaisse

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 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 ↓

Original Eeceipt Eor the Bouillabaisse

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat.

  2. Add chopped onions and garlic, sauté until soft.

  3. Stir in chopped tomatoes and cook for a few minutes.

  4. Add water, saffron, and herbs; bring to a boil.

  5. Add firm fish and shellfish; simmer until cooked through.

  6. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

  7. Serve hot with crusty bread.

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Saffron + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together104 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the saffron

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, oyster, olive, onion, tomato, garlic, thyme):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Saffronthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, oyster, olive, onion, tomato, garlic, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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