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Mackerel Tartare Tartlets with Pickled Cucumber

Crisp filo pastry cases filled with mackerel in an oyster mayonnaise. Try them as a sophisticated starter or canapé.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 405 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Mackerel Tartare Tartlets with Pickled Cucumber

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

615Calories
23 gProtein
22 gFat
77 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 18 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pastrynot in our table0
Mackerelnot 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. Shallot + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together405 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Mustard + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together624 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Lime + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 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 ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (oyster, egg, pepper, mustard, lime, shallot, capers):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against oyster, egg, pepper, mustard, lime, shallot, capers. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.