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Sardines & Watercress on Toast

A low-fat lunch that's high in omega 3. You could use any oily fish if you don't have sardines

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Sardines & Watercress on Toast

Why it works: Garlic and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,076 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Sardines & Watercress on Toast

Serves 1

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

703Calories
40 gProtein
13 gFat
103 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sardine100g canned drained208
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Waternot 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. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + watercresstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together263 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Clove + watercresstop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together107 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Bread + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,013 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, garlic, tomato, watercress, vinegar):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

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