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Crushed Pea Fish Cakes with Chilli-lime Mayo

Nothing says comfort food like homemade fish cakes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Crushed Pea Fish Cakes with Chilli-lime Mayo

Why it works: Sunflower and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 200 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Crushed Pea Fish Cakes with Chilli-lime Mayo

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

869Calories
28 gProtein
19 gFat
147 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Troutnot in our table0
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. Sunflower + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together200 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Potato + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together303 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

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

  4. Potato + limetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together424 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Flour + sunflowertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together803 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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, flour, sunflower, lime):

  1. Cashew nutfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Peasthe original

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