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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: Parsnip and mushroom work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and 110 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-pinene, which smells pine, resin. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, tree nuts (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. Parsnip + mushroomtop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together110 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).

  2. Lemon + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,973 recipes

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

  3. Mushroom + sherrytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Parsnip + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together270 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

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

  1. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Shallotbetter flavor fit
  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. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).