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Chicken Liver Pâté with Celeriac Remoulade, Apple and Watercress Salad, Champagne and Lemon Thyme Jelly and Seeded Flatbread Crackers

Chicken liver pâté is a French farmhouse classic, served here with another firm favourite, celeriac remoulade.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 41 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Chicken Liver Pâté with Celeriac Remoulade, Apple and Watercress Salad, Champagne and Lemon Thyme Jelly and Seeded Flatbread Crackers

Serves 4
Prep1 hr
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1288Calories
54 gProtein
55 gFat
147 gCarbs

Counts 20 of 26 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 20 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken Liver100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemon Thymejuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Brandynot in our table0
Champagnenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Poppy Seednot in our table0
Celeriacnot in our table0
Salad Dressingnot 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. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, lemon, thyme, butter, chicken, liver, pepper):

  1. Potatofits about as well
  2. Shallotthe original
  3. Tomatofits about as well
  4. Spinachfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, lemon, thyme, butter, chicken, liver, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.