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Salmon in Parchment

Let the amount and variety of fresh mushrooms be dictated by the season, their availability and your budget. You can use reconstituted dried chanterelle, shiitake or porcini in place of some of the fresh mushrooms, either for variety or if the supply of fresh is limited. Substitute about 1 oz. dried mushrooms for 1/4 lb. fresh.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Salmon in Parchment

Why it works: Shiitake and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 412 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Salmon in Parchment

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

458Calories
29 gProtein
26 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Chanterellenot in our table0
Porcininot 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 williamssonoma. 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. Shiitake + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together412 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Shiitake + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together552 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Mushroom + sherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Mushroom + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Mushroom + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shiitake, mushroom, butter, sherry, sauce, salmon, pepper):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shiitake, mushroom, butter, sherry, sauce, salmon, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.