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Cucumber Rounds with Smoked Salmon and Lime Aioli

Aioli is a garlic-flavored mayonnaise that originated in Provence, in the South of France. When making the aioli, be sure to add the olive oil slowly while the food processor is running so the mixture will emulsify.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cucumber Rounds with Smoked Salmon and Lime Aioli

Why it works: Cucumber and radish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 212 recipes mention both. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Cucumber Rounds with Smoked Salmon and Lime Aioli

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cucumber + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Lime + radishtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, lime, egg, olive, pepper, cucumber, radish):

  1. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  2. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  3. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, lime, egg, olive, pepper, cucumber, radish. 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).