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Trout with Green Beans & Almond Butter

A classic fish dish that makes the perfect speedy after-work supper

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Trout with Green Beans & Almond Butter

Why it works: Green beans and almond share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 19 recipes. Both carry 2,3-pentanedione, which smells butter, sweet. The science ↓

Trout with Green Beans & Almond Butter

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

152Calories
2 gProtein
12 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Troutnot 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. Green beans + almondtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  2. Almond + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Green beans + lemontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Butter + almondtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,245 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Butter + lemontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,227 recipes

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

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, almond, lemon):

  1. Arrowrootfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, almond, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.