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Delicious Feta-Crusted Salmon

"I first created this dish when my family suggested I try something other than the same tired (yet still yummy) Asian salmon dish. I whipped this up out of ingredients I had on hand. They thanked me profusely. Now I have a new dish to use. It's pretty rich in flavor, but not so high in fat (depending on what kind of ingredients you use). Enjoy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Delicious Feta-Crusted Salmon

Why it works: Feta cheese and cream cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 64 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Delicious Feta-Crusted Salmon

8 servings
Prep10 min
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1013Calories
50 gProtein
39 gFat
110 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salmon100g cooked208
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. 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. Feta cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together64 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, feta cheese, cream cheese, vinegar, pepper, onion, garlic):

  1. Cucumberfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, feta cheese, cream cheese, vinegar, pepper, onion, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.