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Peppered Mackerel, New Potato & Watercress Salad

Mackerel is fantastic for you and this main-meal salad couldn't be simpler to prepare

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Peppered Mackerel, New Potato & Watercress Salad

Why it works: Chive and watercress share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 97 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Peppered Mackerel, New Potato & Watercress Salad

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

244Calories
12 gProtein
6 gFat
38 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
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
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. Chive + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Potato + watercresstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together170 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chive, watercress):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Horseradishfits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Potatothe original

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