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Pan-fried Scallops with Butternut Squash Two Ways

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Pan-fried Scallops with Butternut Squash Two Ways

Why it works: Butternut squash and capers share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Pan-fried Scallops with Butternut Squash Two Ways

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

713Calories
70 gProtein
40 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Pumpkinnot 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. Butternut squash + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + caperstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Olive + butternut squashtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together689 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Onion + caperstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,381 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Butternut squash + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together692 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the butternut squash

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (scallop, olive, butter, chicken, onion, capers, sherry):

  1. Avocadofits about as well
  2. Butternut squashthe original
  3. Lemonfits about as well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against scallop, olive, butter, chicken, onion, capers, sherry. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.