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An Entree of Salmon

A baked salmon dish served in small cups, topped with breadcrumbs and parsley.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Fish and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,668 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

An Entree of Salmon

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Cut the cooked salmon into small pieces.

  2. Prepare the sauce as you would for hot boiled fish.

Assemble and bake

  1. Mix the salmon with the sauce and place in shells or small china cups.

  2. Sprinkle bread crumbs on top of each cup.

  3. Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven for ten minutes.

Serve

  1. Garnish with a sprig of parsley.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Fish + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Salmon + fishtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Bread + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,588 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Fish + parsleytop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together2,341 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Salmon + breadtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together941 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked salmon
Forms the main body of the filling and provides the flavor and protein base.
Sauce for hot boiled fish
Adds moisture so the salmon filling stays tender rather than dry during baking.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden topping through browning in the oven.

The step that matters

Baking the cups. Salmon is already cooked, so the bake mainly heats the filling through and browns the crumbs. Too long in the oven can dry the fish and toughen the sauce, so watch the crumbs for color and stop once the cups are hot.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, sauce, fish, bread):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Gingerfits about as well
  3. Parsleythe original
  4. Tarragonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, sauce, fish, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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