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 ↓
Norwegian Lobster with Potato and Sour Cream Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Mix the yolks with the vinegar at the start and leave for 5-10 minutes stirring.
Then whisk the yolks with some salt and the mustard, beating all the time, until half the oil is used.
Then, add the lemon juice and continue to pour and whisk oil in.
Boil the potatoes in their skins in salted water .
Refresh immediately into ice water peel the skins and slice into thin rounds.
Add the sliced spring onions to the mayonnaise and sour cream and season with salt and fresh ground black pepper .
Add the sliced potatoes.
Finally add the chives and fold in.
Pop the lobster into a large pan of boiling salted water.
You should cook lobster for about 10-15 minutes up to 1.5 lb and 15 to 20 minutes up to 2.5 lb.
Do not boil hard.
Cut the bugger in half.
Sever the body into two a sections.
Remove the stomach from the body , the intestine , clean out.
To serve,add chopped red chilli and a couple of cloves of garlic
Crushed to the original mayo mix and placed a dollop in the space left by the removal of the stomach.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Chives | 1 tbsp (3g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Salad | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Explore the science
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.
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Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together27,047 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
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Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together14,067 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together11,922 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5,950 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together15,430 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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 (egg, white wine, vinegar, lemon, pepper, olive, sugar):
- Capsicumfits better
- Shallotfits about as well
- Cucumberfits about as well
- Mustardthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against egg, white wine, vinegar, lemon, pepper, olive, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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