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Baked John Dory seasoned with sea salt, cayenne pepper, Parmesan cheese, and oiled butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Parmesan cheese and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,163 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

John Dory

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare and season

  1. Wash and trim the John Dory, removing the fins.

  2. Season the fish with coarse sea salt and cayenne pepper.

  3. Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over the fish.

  4. Spread a little oiled butter on top.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven until nicely browned.

  2. Serve immediately.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Parmesan cheese + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Pepper + parmesan cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,322 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

John dory
The main protein, which turns opaque and flakes as it cooks.
Grated parmesan cheese
Adds savory flavor and helps the top brown as it bakes.
Oiled butter
Adds fat and richness, and helps the top brown while keeping the fish moist.

The step that matters

Bake until nicely browned. Fish flesh turns opaque and flakes as it cooks, and it dries out quickly when overcooked. Check the fish as the top browns and pull it from the oven once the flesh is opaque and flakes easily, so it stays moist.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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