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Gravad Max

An eco-savvy recipe from Scottish restaurant the Captain's Galley

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Gravad Max

Why it works: White pepper and dill work together. They rank in the top 17% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry piperonal, which smells bitter, coconut. The science ↓

Gravad Max

Serves 12

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

59Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
15 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
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
White Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Mackerelnot 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. White pepper + dilltop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: piperonal (bitter, coconut).

  2. Sugar + dilltop 34% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together463 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  3. Sugar + white peppertop 42% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together812 recipes

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

Swap the white pepper

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

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

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