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Smoked Mackerel, Lemon & Herb Pâté

Impress your guests with this clever little starter, which also works well with hot smoked trout or salmon

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Smoked Mackerel, Lemon & Herb Pâté

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 ↓

Smoked Mackerel, Lemon & Herb Pâté

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

113Calories
2 gProtein
10 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Mackerelnot in our table0
Horseradishnot in our table0
Briochenot 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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Horseradish + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together113 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Horseradish + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together562 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Lemon + horseradishtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,155 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

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, lemon, parsley, chive, brioche):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Horseradishthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, lemon, parsley, chive, brioche. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.