Why it works: Salmon and harissa work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
Makes 4 servingsIngredients
Contains: tree nuts, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Salmon + harissatop 12% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together17 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Chickpea + turmerictop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together233 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Quinoa + chickpeatop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together37 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Chickpea + harissatop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together58 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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White wine + thymetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,495 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the raisin
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, salmon, onion, thyme, quinoa, chickpea, turmeric):
- Lemonbetter flavor fit
- Avocadobetter flavor fit
- Limebetter flavor fit
- Raisinthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, salmon, onion, thyme, quinoa, chickpea, turmeric. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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