Name: Mackerel & Potato Salad with Lemon Caraway Dressing
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 175g small new potatoes; 200g smoked mackerel fillets, skin removed; 4 spring onions , finely sliced; 140g small cooked beetroot , sliced into wedges; small bunch dill , finely chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil; juice 1 lemon , zest of half; ¼ tsp caraway seeds

Why it works: Dill and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Mackerel & Potato Salad with Lemon Caraway Dressing

Serves 2

Prep10 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

175g small new potatoes
200g smoked mackerel fillets, skin removed
4 spring onions , finely sliced
140g small cooked beetroot , sliced into wedges
small bunch dill , finely chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
juice 1 lemon , zest of half
¼ tsp caraway seeds

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

340Calories

6 gProtein

14 gFat

51 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mackerel	not in our table	0
Beetroot	not in our table	0
Caraway Seed	not in our table	0

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.

Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Beetroot + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together145 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Dill + carawaytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together47 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Potato + dilltop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together423 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 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

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

Broccolifits better
Chivefits better
Lettucefits better
Onionthe original

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

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