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Thai Fishcakes

A Thai fishcake recipe that uses a method for getting air into the mixture for a lighter cake

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Haddock and pollock share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Thai Fishcakes

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

641Calories
53 gProtein
33 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 17 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Haddock100g cooked112
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pollocknot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Haddock + pollocktop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fish, haddock, pollock, garlic, ginger, onion, coriander):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fish, haddock, pollock, garlic, ginger, onion, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.