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Sea Bass with Brown Shrimps & Couscous

Just the thing for spring. Gently warm a tub of potted shrimps and drain off the excess butter if you can't find brown shrimps

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sea Bass with Brown Shrimps & Couscous

Why it works: Shallot and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,523 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Sea Bass with Brown Shrimps & Couscous

Serves 2
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

575Calories
32 gProtein
15 gFat
83 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Shrimp100g cooked99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,523 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

  3. Shallot + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,659 recipes

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

  4. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Vinegar + olivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red wine, vinegar, sugar, shallot, olive, shrimp, lemon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Plumfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against red wine, vinegar, sugar, shallot, olive, shrimp, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.