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Pan-fried John Dory with Pickled Chestnut Mushrooms, Caramelised Apple and Parsnip Purée

Great British Menu chef Kenny Atkinson makes the most of Autumn’s seasonal ingredients with his smart fish supper.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 27 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pan-fried John Dory with Pickled Chestnut Mushrooms, Caramelised Apple and Parsnip Purée

Serves 2
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

629Calories
14 gProtein
24 gFat
94 gCarbs

Counts 19 of 22 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 19 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Chestnutnot in our table0
Rapeseed Oilnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

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.

  1. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Parsnip + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together270 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Parsnip + chestnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together26 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parsnip, lemon, chestnut, mushroom, thyme, pepper, sherry):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Turnipfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parsnip, lemon, chestnut, mushroom, thyme, pepper, sherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.