We show the existence of a set \(A\subseteq \mathbb {Z}_{\ge 2}\) satisfying the estimates of the Bateman–Horn conjecture, Goldbach’s conjecture, and also \(\begin{aligned} \#\{p\le x \text { prime} ~|~ p\in A\} \gg x(\log \log x)/(\log x)^2. \end{aligned}\)