Name: Sliced Baguette with Radishes and Anchovy Butter
Yield: Makes 16 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 2 to 3 anchovy fillets, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives; Coarse kosher salt; 16 1/2-inch-thick diagonal slices baguette; 10 radishes (such as French Breakfast), trimmed, thinly sliced on diagonal; Additional chopped fresh chives (for garnish)

Why it works: Chive and radish share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sliced Baguette with Radishes and Anchovy Butter

Makes 16 servings

Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 to 3 anchovy fillets, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
Coarse kosher salt
16 1/2-inch-thick diagonal slices baguette
10 radishes (such as French Breakfast), trimmed, thinly sliced on diagonal
Additional chopped fresh chives (for garnish)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

313Calories

29 gProtein

22 gFat

0 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Anchovy	100g	210
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Chives	1 tbsp (3g)	1
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 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.

Chive + radishtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together30 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butter + anchovytop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,697 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Anchovy + radishtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Anchovy + chivetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together141 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + chivetop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,097 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, anchovy, chive):

Shallotfits better
Potatofits better
Leekfits better
Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, anchovy, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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