Name: Smoked Trout Fish Pies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1½ tbsp butter; 3 tbsp flour; 350ml full-fat milk; 1-2 tbsp creamed horseradish (optional); small bunch dill , chopped; 1 large bunch spring onions , chopped; zest 1 lemon; 2 x 175g packs smoked trout fillets, any skin and bones removed, flaked into big chunks; 450g leftover mashed potatoes

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 Fish Pies

Serves 4

Prep20 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

1½ tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
350ml full-fat milk
1-2 tbsp creamed horseradish (optional)
small bunch dill , chopped
1 large bunch spring onions , chopped
zest 1 lemon
2 x 175g packs smoked trout fillets, any skin and bones removed, flaked into big chunks
450g leftover mashed potatoes

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

927Calories

27 gProtein

21 gFat

158 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Horseradish	not in our table	0
Trout	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.

Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Horseradish + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together134 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Dill + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together423 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Horseradish + potatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together171 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the horseradish

The recipe marks horseradish as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, milk, dill, onion, lemon, potato):

Chivefits better
Shallotfits better
Broccolifits about as well
Horseradishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, milk, dill, onion, lemon, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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