Name: Battered Hake Fish
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1-¾ pound Deboned Hake Fillets, Trimmed Into 6 To 8-ounce Pieces; ½ whole Lemon, Juiced; ¼ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper; ½ teaspoons Salt; 6 Tablespoons Flour, All Purpose; 6 Tablespoons Breadcrumbs; 2 whole Eggs; 5 Tablespoons Olive Oil

Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Battered Hake Fish

Serves 4

Prep5 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1-¾ pound Deboned Hake Fillets, Trimmed Into 6 To 8-ounce Pieces
½ whole Lemon, Juiced
¼ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
½ teaspoons Salt
6 Tablespoons Flour, All Purpose
6 Tablespoons Breadcrumbs
2 whole Eggs
5 Tablespoons Olive Oil

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

670Calories

20 gProtein

20 gFat

101 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By tastykitchen. 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.

Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,263 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Flour + eggtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together106,462 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Lemon + flourtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together30,404 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

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