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Spicy Smoked Fish Cakes with Herb Salad & Eggs

Flavour haddock with Indian biryani spices then mix with leftover mashed potato and make comforting patties

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Spicy Smoked Fish Cakes with Herb Salad & Eggs

Why it works: Coriander and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,498 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spicy Smoked Fish Cakes with Herb Salad & Eggs

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

981Calories
50 gProtein
21 gFat
146 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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Haddock100g cooked112
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Saladnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Coriander + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

  2. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  3. Olive + coriandertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,615 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Potato + coriandertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,213 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (haddock, potato, flour, olive, egg, coriander, lemon):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Broccolifits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against haddock, potato, flour, olive, egg, coriander, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.