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Caviar and Chip Canapes

Vegetarians can replace the caviar with good quality shop-bought gaucamole.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Caviar and Chip Canapes

Why it works: Potato and cream are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,481 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Caviar and Chip Canapes

Makes 20
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

380Calories
21 gProtein
14 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Caviarnot 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. Potato + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  2. Potato + caviartop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together14 recipes

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

  3. Cream + caviartop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, caviar):

  1. Potatothe original
  2. Cucumberfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Onionfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, caviar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.