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Smoked Fish & Cherry Tomato Rarebit

Any kind of white-fleshed fish will do for this divine recipe - it's a great family dish to make

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Smoked Fish & Cherry Tomato Rarebit

Why it works: Garlic and cherry tomato share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 12 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Smoked Fish & Cherry Tomato Rarebit

Serves 4 - 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1290Calories
77 gProtein
46 gFat
140 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Haddock100g cooked112
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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 + cherry tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Mustard + clovetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,829 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  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 cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, sauce, milk, mustard, garlic, clove):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Raisinfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, sauce, milk, mustard, garlic, clove. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.