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Crayfish Cakes with Waldorf Salad

Try these delicious fish cakes as a sophisticated starter for two.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Fennel and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 117 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Crayfish Cakes with Waldorf Salad

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1090Calories
53 gProtein
39 gFat
134 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Anchovy100g210
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Crayfishnot 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. Fennel + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Fennel + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Lime + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,411 recipes

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

  5. Fennel + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together969 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 lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crayfish, fennel, cream, anchovy, garlic, egg, olive):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Avocadofits about as well
  4. Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against crayfish, fennel, cream, anchovy, garlic, egg, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.