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Beer-battered Pollack Bites

What better way to prove that pollack is the new cod than by giving it the most classic British treatment? Mushy peas optional!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Beer-battered Pollack Bites

Why it works: Lime and coriander 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 ↓

Beer-battered Pollack Bites

Serves 4
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

920Calories
26 gProtein
34 gFat
122 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
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Beer1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking43
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
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. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Sunflower + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Sunflower + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Sunflower + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together803 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92,116 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, lime, flour, sugar, beer):

  1. Cuminfits about as well
  2. Jalapenofits about as well
  3. Cinnamonfits about as well
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, lime, flour, sugar, beer. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.