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Cod with Bacon, Lettuce & Peas

A good source of folate and fibre, this healthy fish supper also contains two of your five-a-day

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Cod with Bacon, Lettuce & Peas

Why it works: Shallot and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 157 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Cod with Bacon, Lettuce & Peas

Serves 2
Prep8 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1000Calories
73 gProtein
22 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 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
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Shallot + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Peas + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,293 recipes

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

  5. Shallot + peastop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together173 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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 (sunflower, shallot, garlic, peas, chicken, lettuce, bread):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, shallot, garlic, peas, chicken, lettuce, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.