Name: Garlic Crostini with Cream Cheese, Smoked Salmon and Dill
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 ounces, weight Melted Unsalted Butter; 2 cloves Finely Minced Garlic; 1 whole French Baguette, 1/2 Inch Slices, Sliced On A Bias; 4 ounces, weight Whipped Cream Cheese; ½ whole Thinly Sliced Cucumber; 4 whole Thinly Sliced Radishes; 4 ounces, weight Thinly Sliced Smoked Salmon

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

Garlic Crostini with Cream Cheese, Smoked Salmon and Dill

Serves 6

Ingredients

2 ounces, weight Melted Unsalted Butter
2 cloves Finely Minced Garlic
1 whole French Baguette, 1/2 Inch Slices, Sliced On A Bias
4 ounces, weight Whipped Cream Cheese
½ whole Thinly Sliced Cucumber
4 whole Thinly Sliced Radishes
4 ounces, weight Thinly Sliced Smoked Salmon

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

436Calories

23 gProtein

35 gFat

8 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Smoked Salmon	100g cooked	208
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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.

Cucumber + radishtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together212 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,556 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + radishtop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together199 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Clove + radishtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together196 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, garlic, cream cheese, cucumber, radish, salmon):

Capersfits better
Dillfits better
Parsleyfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, garlic, cream cheese, cucumber, radish, salmon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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