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Fish Pie with Potato Crust

Flavour salmon, cod and smoked haddock with fennel, anise and vermouth, and top with crispy nutmeg mash

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Fish Pie with Potato Crust

Why it works: Fennel and star anise share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 88 recipes. Both carry cis-anethole, which smells anise. The science ↓

Fish Pie with Potato Crust

Serves 4 - 6
Prep45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

874Calories
63 gProtein
38 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Haddock100g cooked112
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Seednot in our table0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Vermouthnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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 + star anisetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: cis-anethole (anise).

  2. Nutmeg + star anisetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Shallot + fenneltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + star anisetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Nutmeg + fenneltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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 (nutmeg, cream, butter, egg, shallot, fennel, star anise):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Parsnipfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Potatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against nutmeg, cream, butter, egg, shallot, fennel, star anise. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.