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Smoked Haddock Fishcakes with Tartare Relish

Give comforting fishcakes a healthy makeover with our flavour-packed recipe

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Smoked Haddock Fishcakes with Tartare Relish

Why it works: Shallot and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 405 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Smoked Haddock Fishcakes with Tartare Relish

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

476Calories
34 gProtein
15 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Haddock100g cooked112
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Shallot + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together405 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  3. Parsley + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,550 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Parsley + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,737 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Capers + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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 (haddock, potato, parsley, lemon, shallot, capers, olive):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against haddock, potato, parsley, lemon, shallot, capers, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.