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Creamed Oysters Wrapped in Marinated Sea Trout

These creamed oysters flowers are served as a picture complete with oyster foam clouds and saffron aïoli sun.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 55 ingredients
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Why it works: Beetroot and agar share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, fish, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Beetroot + agartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Fennel + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together426 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Fennel + beetroottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Fennel + white winetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together290 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. White wine + vinegartop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,123 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sea trout, sugar, fennel, beetroot, agar, white wine, vinegar):

  1. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  2. Dillbetter flavor fit
  3. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sea trout, sugar, fennel, beetroot, agar, white wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).