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Seared Salmon with Potatoes

For variety, replace the parsley with basil, tarragon or another fairly sturdy fresh herb. Tiny or especially delicate herbs such as thyme, dill and chervil are more difficult to fry successfully but are also possible substitutions.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Seared Salmon with Potatoes

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,037 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Seared Salmon with Potatoes

Serves 4.

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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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,649 recipes

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

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