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Herrings Rolled with Mustard & Pancetta

Securing the fillets with cocktail sticks is a neat way of cooking enough fish for four without it being fiddly

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Herrings Rolled with Mustard & Pancetta

Why it works: Lemon and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,922 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Herrings Rolled with Mustard & Pancetta

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

136Calories
1 gProtein
14 gFat
5 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
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Herringnot 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. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Mustard + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,816 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, olive):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Mustardthe original

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