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Bacon-wrapped Haddock with a Cream, Pea and Dill Sauce

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,630 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Bacon-wrapped Haddock with a Cream, Pea and Dill Sauce

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

422Calories
32 gProtein
24 gFat
14 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Haddock100g cooked112
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  2. Haddock + creamtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together181 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Olive + peastop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,066 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

  4. Olive + dilltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,223 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (haddock, olive, cream, white wine, pepper, dill):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Lentilsfits about as well
  3. Walnutfits about as well
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against haddock, olive, cream, white wine, pepper, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.