Name: The Hairy Bikers' Potted Salmon Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6 people
Ingredients: 300 Skinless salmon fillets; g Small unwaxed lemon; 1 Bay leaf; 1 Butter; 50 Smoked salmon slices; g Full-fat soft cheese; 100 Fresh dill, feathery leaves stripped from the stalks; g Freshly ground black pepper; 100 Tiny bay leaves, snipped chives or dill sprigs, to garnish

Why it works: Lemon and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The Hairy Bikers' Potted Salmon Recipe

6 people

Prep5 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

300 Skinless salmon fillets
g Small unwaxed lemon
1 Bay leaf
1 Butter
50 Smoked salmon slices
g Full-fat soft cheese
100 Fresh dill, feathery leaves stripped from the stalks
g Freshly ground black pepper
100 Tiny bay leaves, snipped chives or dill sprigs, to garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

656Calories

48 gProtein

47 gFat

7 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Smoked Salmon	100g cooked	208
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1

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

By lovefood. 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.

Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Dill + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,630 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Dill + chivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together228 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, lemon, butter, cheese, dill, pepper):

Potatofits about as well
Mustardfits about as well
Asparagusfits about as well
Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, lemon, butter, cheese, dill, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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