Name: Skewered Sardines with Tartare Dressing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: zest and juice 1 lemon; 4 tbsp olive oil; 12 sardines , cleaned, gutted and heads cut off (ask your fishmonger to do this); small bunch dill , finely chopped; small bunch parsley , finely chopped; 1 tbsp capers , drained and chopped; 2 tbsp cornichons , drained and finely chopped; 8 wooden skewers , soaked in water

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Skewered Sardines with Tartare Dressing

Serves 4

Prep20 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

zest and juice 1 lemon
4 tbsp olive oil
12 sardines , cleaned, gutted and heads cut off (ask your fishmonger to do this)
small bunch dill , finely chopped
small bunch parsley , finely chopped
1 tbsp capers , drained and chopped
2 tbsp cornichons , drained and finely chopped
8 wooden skewers , soaked in water

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

346Calories

26 gProtein

25 gFat

5 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Sardine	100g canned drained	208
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Capers	1 tbsp (9g) drained	2
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Water	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.

Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together669 recipes

Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).
Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,550 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Dill + caperstop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together117 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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