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Fillet Steak with a Spiced Herb Butter and Fondant Potatoes

Fillet steak served the classic French way – topped with melted herb butter.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 23 ingredients
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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 ↓

Fillet Steak with a Spiced Herb Butter and Fondant Potatoes

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

653Calories
38 gProtein
29 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chervilnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Chervil + tarragontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together824 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Chive + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together370 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Capers + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together135 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together266 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, shallot, capers, chive, chervil, tarragon, parsley):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Fennelfits better
  3. Winter savoryfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, shallot, capers, chive, chervil, tarragon, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.