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Mackerel with Rhubarb Chutney and Orange and Chicory Salad

Tangy rhubarb really complements the rich, oily mackerel and a light citrus salad rounds it all off perfectly.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Orange and chicory work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 30 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By bbcfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Orange + chicorytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Rosemary + orangetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together261 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Ginger + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,833 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Rosemary + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Rhubarb + orangetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together299 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, rosemary, ginger, rhubarb, cider, vinegar, orange):

  1. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Sweet potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, rosemary, ginger, rhubarb, cider, vinegar, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).