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Avocado Toast with Smoked Salmon

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Why it works: Avocado and salmon work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 183 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

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

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By whatsgabycooking. 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. Avocado + salmontop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together183 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Lemon + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Avocado + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,653 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Onion + goat cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together291 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Bread + eggtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together22,584 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, avocado, lemon, pepper, salmon, egg, goat cheese):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, avocado, lemon, pepper, salmon, egg, goat cheese. 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).