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Basque Seafood Stew

This is a cockle-warming, gutsy seafood dish flavoured with paprika, saffron and meaty chorizo.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 36 ingredients
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Why it works: Fennel and saffron match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 117 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Basque Seafood Stew

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1639Calories
104 gProtein
57 gFat
180 gCarbs

Counts 22 of 24 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 22 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Anchovy100g210
Salmon100g cooked208
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saffronnot in our table0
Monkfishnot 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. Fennel + saffrontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

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

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Fennel + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together625 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Parsley + saffrontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fennel, carrot, garlic, parsley, saffron, fish sauce, fish):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, carrot, garlic, parsley, saffron, fish sauce, fish. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.