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Home-smoked Cod with Salad and Anchovy Dipping Sauce

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By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 22 ingredients
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Why it works: Fennel and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 122 recipes. Both carry 4-methoxybenzaldehyde, which smells sweet, anise. The science ↓

Home-smoked Cod with Salad and Anchovy Dipping Sauce

Serves 4
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

925Calories
52 gProtein
39 gFat
94 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 19 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Dill Seed5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Caraway Seednot in our table0

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

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Fennel + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  2. Lettuce + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

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

  3. Dill + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  4. Dill + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together423 recipes

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

  5. Lettuce + fenneltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together70 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, lettuce, fennel, dill, cream, potato, cucumber):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, lettuce, fennel, dill, cream, potato, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.