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Sicilian Pasta Salmon Sauce

"This recipe was handed down from my husband's Sicilian grandmother to his mother and now to me. This is a wonderful recipe that is a favorite of the entire family. And it's easy, too. Not a 'traditional American' pasta sauce, but a real, honest to goodness Sicilian sauce. Don't leave out the saffron or pignoli!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sicilian Pasta Salmon Sauce

Why it works: Pine and saffron share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 41 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Sicilian Pasta Salmon Sauce

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

743Calories
56 gProtein
43 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Anchovy100g210
Salmon100g cooked208
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saffronnot 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 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. Pine + saffrontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Tomato + saffrontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  3. Pepper + saffrontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together781 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  5. Raisin + saffrontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (anchovy, onion, tomato, salmon, pine, pepper, saffron):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against anchovy, onion, tomato, salmon, pine, pepper, saffron. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.