Name: Spanish Mackerel
Ingredients: 3 pounds weight; 1 tablespoonful of olive oil; 1 tablespoonful of butter; 47 bling the mackerel; 1 lemon; 1 sliced lemon

Why it works: Olive and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,922 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Spanish Mackerel

Ingredients

Directions

Split the fish downwards in the middle of the back.
Prepare the fish in the same manner as the Pompano, serving whole.
Place the fish on a dish garnished with parsley and slices of lemon.
Serve with Sauce a la Maitre d'Hotel.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

233Calories

1 gProtein

25 gFat

4 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Mackerel	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 a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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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.

Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Olive + buttertop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,887 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Butter + lemontop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,227 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Mackerel: Forms the main body of the dish, so its freshness and texture decide the result.
Lemon: Adds bright acidity and aroma that cut the richness of the fish.
Butter: Adds richness and a rounded flavour to the fish.
Olive oil: Adds fat and flavour and helps keep the fish moist.