Name: Smoked Haddock Chowder
Yield: Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 2 boneless smoked haddock fillets (about 18 ounces); 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter; 1 leek (white and pale-green parts only), minced; 1 celery stalk, minced; 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard; 1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/3" cubes; 4 sprigs thyme; 1/4 cup heavy cream; 1 tablespoon minced fresh chives

Why it works: Leek and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 360 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Smoked Haddock Chowder

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

2 boneless smoked haddock fillets (about 18 ounces)
2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) unsalted butter
1 leek (white and pale-green parts only), minced
1 celery stalk, minced
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/3" cubes
4 sprigs thyme
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon minced fresh chives

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

484Calories

31 gProtein

18 gFat

50 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Haddock	100g cooked	112
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1

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.

Leek + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together360 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Celery + mustardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,169 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Celery + thymetop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,193 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Leek + celerytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Mustard + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together913 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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 (haddock, butter, leek, celery, potato, thyme, cream):

Chivefits better
Parsnipfits about as well
Carrotfits about as well
Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against haddock, butter, leek, celery, potato, thyme, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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