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Smoked Salmon and Mozzarella Calzone Recipe

Melty cheese, tomatoes, and salmon make this a sophisticated calzone recipe.

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Smoked Salmon and Mozzarella Calzone Recipe

Why it works: Tomato and mozzarella cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,577 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Smoked Salmon and Mozzarella Calzone Recipe

4 servings
Cook1 hr 15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

848Calories
47 gProtein
26 gFat
101 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Smoked Salmon100g cooked208
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 chow. 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. Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Egg + salmontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,485 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Salmon + mozzarella cheesetop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together36 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Tomato + salmontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,439 recipes

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

Egg and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 106,462 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, flour, salmon, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, flour, salmon, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.