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Haddock Cakes with Sweetcorn Salsa

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Dill and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 106 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Haddock Cakes with Sweetcorn Salsa

Serves 1
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

913Calories
47 gProtein
22 gFat
133 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Haddock100g cooked112
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Sweetcornnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Dill + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

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

  2. Dill + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together258 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Dill + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together511 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Tomato + limetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,878 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 banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (haddock, dill, egg, tomato, sweetcorn, shallot, lime):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against haddock, dill, egg, tomato, sweetcorn, shallot, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.