Name: Maple-Glazed Tuna with Pear-Potato Salad
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons maple syrup (see Tip); Juice of 1 lime; 1/4 cup olive oil; Four 6-ounce tuna fillets; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 cilantro sprigs; maple-flavored syrups, which are typically made without any real maple syrup.

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Maple-Glazed Tuna with Pear-Potato Salad

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons maple syrup (see Tip)
Juice of 1 lime
1/4 cup olive oil
Four 6-ounce tuna fillets
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 cilantro sprigs
maple-flavored syrups, which are typically made without any real maple syrup.

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

400Calories

21 gProtein

27 gFat

19 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Maple Syrup	1 tbsp (20ml)	52
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Syrup	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Mustard + limetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together392 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,950 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Lime + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,621 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,430 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (maple syrup, lime, olive, pepper, syrup):

Capsicumfits better
Sweet potatofits better
Tomatofits about as well
Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against maple syrup, lime, olive, pepper, syrup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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