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Chorizo Eggs with Scallops and Coriander Salt

Sat Bains serves up Spanish-style eggs with spicy chorizo, perfect for pushing the boat out at brunch.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 369 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Chorizo Eggs with Scallops and Coriander Salt

Serves 4
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

758Calories
44 gProtein
19 gFat
103 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Coriander + sunflowertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Coriander + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,635 recipes

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

  3. Cinnamon + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Coriander + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (scallop, cinnamon, butter, egg, sunflower, bread, pepper):

  1. Nutmegfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against scallop, cinnamon, butter, egg, sunflower, bread, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.