Name: Spring Onion & Potato Cakes with Smoked Salmon
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 400g potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks; 4 spring onions , finely sliced; spray oil , for frying; 1 tbsp plain flour , well seasoned; ½ zest and juice lemon , plus wedges to serve; 2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche; a handful parsley , finely chopped; 1 tbsp hot horseradish , or horseradish sauce; 200g smoked salmon

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spring Onion & Potato Cakes with Smoked Salmon

Serves 4

Ingredients

400g potatoes , peeled and cut into chunks
4 spring onions , finely sliced
spray oil , for frying
1 tbsp plain flour , well seasoned
½ zest and juice lemon , plus wedges to serve
2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche
a handful parsley , finely chopped
1 tbsp hot horseradish , or horseradish sauce
200g smoked salmon

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1000Calories

39 gProtein

28 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Smoked Salmon	100g cooked	208
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Horseradish	not in our table	0
Sauce	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.

Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + horseradishtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together562 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Potato + horseradishtop 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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, flour, lemon, parsley, horseradish, salmon):

Chivefits better
Shallotfits better
Broccolifits better
Onionthe original

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

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