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Grilled Mackerel with Orange, Chilli & Watercress Salad

Packed with omega-3 and vitamin C, this salad couldn't get much healthier - or tastier

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Grilled Mackerel with Orange, Chilli & Watercress Salad

Why it works: Watercress and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Grilled Mackerel with Orange, Chilli & Watercress Salad

Serves 4
Cook4 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

153Calories
4 gProtein
1 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 11 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Mackerelnot in our table0
Rocket Saladnot 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. Watercress + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Watercress + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Mustard + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together293 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mustard + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Watercress + rocket saladtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coriander, mustard, honey, watercress, spinach, rocket salad, shallot):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coriander, mustard, honey, watercress, spinach, rocket salad, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.