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Salmon & Horseradish Burgers

Fishcakes served in a bun with contrasting hot horseradish, a cool and creamy dip and crunchy salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Salmon & Horseradish Burgers

Why it works: Horseradish 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 66 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Salmon & Horseradish Burgers

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

441Calories
29 gProtein
32 gFat
9 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Horseradishnot in our table0
Poppy Seednot 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. Horseradish + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cucumber + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Horseradish + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Watercress + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the poppy seed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, horseradish, lemon, dill, watercress, cucumber, radish):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Poppy seedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, horseradish, lemon, dill, watercress, cucumber, radish. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.