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Smoked Trout Pâté & Pitta Crisps

Cheaper than smoked salmon, this smoked trout dip makes a smart party nibble or simple starter

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Smoked Trout Pâté & Pitta Crisps

Why it works: Olive and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,223 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Smoked Trout Pâté & Pitta Crisps

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

253Calories
3 gProtein
20 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Troutnot 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. Olive + dilltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,223 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Bread + creamtop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,789 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Olive + creamtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together4,206 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Bread + dilltop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, olive, cream):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.