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Foil-poached Salmon with Herby Mayo

Learn how to poach a salmon perfectly with our step-by-step recipe - then serve with homemade chive, basil and dill mayonnaise

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Foil-poached Salmon with Herby Mayo

Why it works: Shallot and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 450 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Foil-poached Salmon with Herby Mayo

Serves 8 - 10
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

475Calories
29 gProtein
32 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Shallot + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chive + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Dill + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together154 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  5. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, salmon, dill, shallot, white wine, chive, watercress):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, salmon, dill, shallot, white wine, chive, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.