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Smoked Mackerel Taco's

A light and fresh lunch dish with smokey fish, red pepper, tomato and coriander.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Smoked Mackerel Taco's

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Smoked Mackerel Taco's

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

978Calories
38 gProtein
27 gFat
151 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Mackerelnot 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 + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Flour + jalapenotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together561 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Jalapeno + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,035 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Pepper + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  5. Jalapeno + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,363 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Swap the jalapeno

The recipe marks jalapeno as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, cream, pepper, cherry tomato, coriander, lime, olive):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Basilfits about as well
  3. Garlicfits about as well
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, cream, pepper, cherry tomato, coriander, lime, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.