Why it works: Turbot and fish work together. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 153 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Turbot Kettle
Ingredients
Directions
Clean the turbot fish as you would for boiling. You can cut it into slices, fillet it, or leave it whole.
Dip the fish in batter or coat it with egg and breadcrumbs.
Heat a pan two-thirds full of boiling fat until a light blue vapor rises from it.
If the fish is small, use a basket to lift it out easily. For larger fish, use a fish-fryer or a frying pan with a broad fish-slice.
Once cooked, place the fish on a wire rack or kitchen paper to drain.
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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Turbot + fishtop 15% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together153 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
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