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Scallops with Pea & Mint Purèe

This makes a really quick but impressive looking starter. The pea purée is quite soft, so it doubles up as a sauce

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Scallops with Pea & Mint Purèe

Why it works: Peas and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,137 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Scallops with Pea & Mint Purèe

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

439Calories
60 gProtein
16 gFat
12 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Peppermintnot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Saladnot 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. Peas + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Cumin + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mint + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together505 recipes

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

  4. Mint + sunflowertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together101 recipes

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

  5. Peas + cumintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together328 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peas, butter, chicken, mint, scallop, sunflower, vinegar):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against peas, butter, chicken, mint, scallop, sunflower, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.