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Garlic and Pepper Eel Stew

This recipe comes from Parador El Saler, a luxury hotel in Valencia. This recipe is so simple, yet so rich in flavour.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Garlic and Pepper Eel Stew

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Garlic and Pepper Eel Stew

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

321Calories
6 gProtein
15 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Eelnot in our table0
Waternot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, clove, pepper, tomato, potato):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Black-eyed peafits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, clove, pepper, tomato, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.