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Smushi Set

Exquisite presentation is central to Japanese cuisine so leave yourself plenty of time to arrange the different items on the plates for this cross between Danish smørrebrød and Japanese sushi.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 38 ingredients
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Why it works: Rye and beetroot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 10 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep2 hr
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, tree nuts, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rye + beetroottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together447 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Chive + beetroottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together172 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Rye + carawaytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together87 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + beetroottop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together139 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (banana, shallot, walnut, sake, rye, chive, caraway):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Dillbetter flavor fit
  3. Cinnamonbetter flavor fit
  4. White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against banana, shallot, walnut, sake, rye, chive, caraway. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).