seasonal ingredient pairing
A food term referring to the practice of pairing ingredients that are in season at the same time, often used in traditional Japanese cuisine.
As a spring seasonal pairing, simmered bamboo shoots and wakame seaweed is a classic.
Chefs value seasonal ingredient pairings when planning menus.
Standard kanji spelling for this food term.
Variant using 物 instead of もの.
Variant using 合い instead of 会い.
Variant using 合い and 物.
Compound of 出会い (deai, 'meeting') + 物 (mono, 'thing'), literally 'things that meet', referring to ingredients that come into season together.