Name: Tartar Sauce
Yield: 2–4
Ingredients: 10 ounces (280 g ) mayonnaise; 2 ¼ ounces (65 ml ) ketchup; 2 ounces (55 ml) mustard; 2 ounces (55 ml) sweet pickle relish or finely chopped sweet pickles; ¼ teaspoon garlic salt; ½ teaspoon celery salt

Why it works: Mustard and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,169 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Tartar Sauce

2–4

Ingredients

10 ounces (280 g ) mayonnaise
2 ¼ ounces (65 ml ) ketchup
2 ounces (55 ml) mustard
2 ounces (55 ml) sweet pickle relish or finely chopped sweet pickles
¼ teaspoon garlic salt
½ teaspoon celery salt

Directions

Place the mayonnaise in a mixing bowl and whip it until smooth.
Mix in the other ingredients.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

109Calories

8 gProtein

6 gFat

7 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Relish	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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

Mustard + celerytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,169 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,053 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + celerytop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,321 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Ketchup + celerytop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together456 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Ketchup + mustardtop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together331 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

What each ingredient does

Mayonnaise: Forms the creamy base that carries the other flavours and gives the sauce its body.
Ketchup: Adds sweetness, acidity and a reddish colour to the sauce.
Mustard: Adds sharpness and tang that cut through the richness of the mayonnaise.
Sweet pickle relish: Adds sweetness and crunchy texture, along with pickled flavour.