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Smoked Haddock with Chive, Pea & Potato Crush

A low calorie, but totally delicious fish supper for two

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Smoked Haddock with Chive, Pea & Potato Crush

Why it works: Potato and chive work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 611 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Smoked Haddock with Chive, Pea & Potato Crush

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

628Calories
64 gProtein
16 gFat
49 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Haddock100g cooked112
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Saladnot 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. Potato + chivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together611 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Butter + white winetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Potato + peastop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,016 recipes

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

  4. Peas + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together227 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Potato + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, butter, haddock, white wine, chive):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chestnutfits about as well
  3. Lentilsfits about as well
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, butter, haddock, white wine, chive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.