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Spring Radish Salad with Squid, Fennel & Lemon

This brilliant mix of spring flavours from MasterChef judge and chef John Torode makes a special seasonal starter

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Spring Radish Salad with Squid, Fennel & Lemon

Why it works: Carrot and fennel match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 330 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Spring Radish Salad with Squid, Fennel & Lemon

Serves 6 as a starter
Prep25 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1045Calories
24 gProtein
16 gFat
195 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Fennel Bulb1/2 bulb (87g)27
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Squidnot 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. Carrot + fenneltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together330 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Radish + vinegartop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together508 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Plum + fenneltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Radish + fenneltop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Radish + carrottop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together125 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Swap the radish

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (plum, carrot, rice wine, vinegar, sugar, squid, fennel):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Cucumberfits better
  4. Radishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against plum, carrot, rice wine, vinegar, sugar, squid, fennel. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.