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Roasted Halibut on a Spring Onion Rosti with Sorrel Beurre Blanc

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Roasted Halibut on a Spring Onion Rosti with Sorrel Beurre Blanc

Serves 4
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

817Calories
39 gProtein
48 gFat
56 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Halibut100g cooked140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Sorrelnot 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. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Olive + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 recipes

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

  3. Potato + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together303 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Olive + potatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Sunflower + shallottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

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

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, potato, onion, sunflower, white wine, vinegar):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Tomatofits about as well
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, potato, onion, sunflower, white wine, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.