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Baked Sea Bream with Tomatoes & Coriander

Sea bream is a delicate white fish that is best cooked simply, as in this Mediterranean-style one-pot

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Baked Sea Bream with Tomatoes & Coriander

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Baked Sea Bream with Tomatoes & Coriander

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

576Calories
13 gProtein
37 gFat
51 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saffronnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Saffron + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together112 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Saffron + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together381 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, garlic, saffron, coriander, olive, lime, white wine):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, garlic, saffron, coriander, olive, lime, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.