Name: Potato and Beetroot John Dory
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 John Dory, cleaned; 400g potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (crispy thin); 1 beetroot, cleaned and thinly sliced (crispy thin); 50g butter; 150ml dry white wine or fish or vegetable stock (or enough to half cover fish); salt and pepper; 2 tbsp chopped parsley to serve

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Potato and Beetroot John Dory

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 John Dory, cleaned
400g potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced (crispy thin)
1 beetroot, cleaned and thinly sliced (crispy thin)
50g butter
150ml dry white wine or fish or vegetable stock (or enough to half cover fish)
salt and pepper
2 tbsp chopped parsley to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

547Calories

26 gProtein

25 gFat

50 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Beetroot	not in our table	0

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.

Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Beetroot + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together745 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Potato + beetroottop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together330 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together5,083 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 beetroot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, white wine, pepper, parsley):

Carrotfits better
Shallotfits better
Chivefits better
Beetrootthe original

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

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