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Sea Bass Fillets Stuffed with Salmon Mousse

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and pasta share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 67 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Sea Bass Fillets Stuffed with Salmon Mousse

Serves 6
Prep2 hr
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1414Calories
78 gProtein
50 gFat
157 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Anchovy100g210
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot 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. Shallot + pastatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Shallot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Basil + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, shallot, egg, cream, pepper, pasta, parsley):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, shallot, egg, cream, pepper, pasta, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.