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Smoked Salmon Frittata with Goat Cheese and Chives

In addition to being one of the most nutritious and delicious fishes in the sea, salmon is versatile to prepare. Traditional techniques used to preserve salmon—salting and smoking—also enhance its flavor. Here, smoked salmon is paired with goat cheese and fresh chives to create a frittata that can be enjoyed warm or at room temperature.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Salmon and goat cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and 9 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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Contains: egg, milk, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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. Salmon + goat cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9 recipes

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

  2. Goat cheese + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together557 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  3. Salmon + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together343 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Chive + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,487 recipes

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

  5. Pepper + goat cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together466 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

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