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Gravlax with Mustard-Dill Sauce

Salmon cured with spices and vodka or aquavit, a Scandinavian caraway-flavored spirit, makes an elegant brunch dish. Serve with thin slices of toasted rye bread or good-quality crackers.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Gravlax with Mustard-Dill Sauce

Why it works: Lemon and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,498 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Gravlax with Mustard-Dill Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

279Calories
21 gProtein
13 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 12 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Vodkanot in our table0
Cidernot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Lemon + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Cider + vinegartop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  3. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Coriander + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together967 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Lemon + mustardtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,816 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, lemon, sugar, vodka, mustard, cider, vinegar):

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, lemon, sugar, vodka, mustard, cider, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.