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Smoked Trout, Horseradish & Asparagus Vol-au-vent Filling

Bring a retro party canapé up to date - fill individual puff pastry cases with creamy smoked fish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Smoked Trout, Horseradish & Asparagus Vol-au-vent Filling

Why it works: Dill and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Smoked Trout, Horseradish & Asparagus Vol-au-vent Filling

MAKES enough to fill 10 vol-au-vent cases
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

43Calories
4 gProtein
0 gFat
10 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Troutnot in our table0
Horseradishnot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  2. Horseradish + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Lemon + asparagustop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together704 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Dill + asparagustop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Horseradish + asparagustop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the asparagus

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (horseradish, sauce, dill, lemon):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Beetrootfits better
  4. Asparagusthe original

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