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Another Salmi, or Hot Duck Salad

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Allspice and orange work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 727 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Another Salmi, or Hot Duck Salad

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

404Calories
20 gProtein
28 gFat
16 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mallard Duck100g cooked with skin337
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
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.

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

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. Allspice + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together727 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Allspice + olivetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together796 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Swap the allspice

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, orange):

  1. Rosemaryfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Allspicethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, orange. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.