Name: Dill Tartar Sauce
Ingredients: 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickle; 1 tablespoon capers, drained and chopped; 1 tablespoon finely chopped dill; 2 teaspoons finely chopped shallot or onion; 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 1/8 teaspoon salt

Why it works: Capers and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 405 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Dill Tartar Sauce

Ingredients

1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickle
1 tablespoon capers, drained and chopped
1 tablespoon finely chopped dill
2 teaspoons finely chopped shallot or onion
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

150Calories

9 gProtein

6 gFat

17 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Salt	1 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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.

Capers + shallottop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together405 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Capers + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together624 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together859 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Dill + mustardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together560 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (dill, capers, shallot, mustard):

Avocadofits about as well
Limefits about as well
Lemonthe original
Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against dill, capers, shallot, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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