Why it works: Lemon and parsley 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 ↓
Cedar Plank Salmon with Blistered Tomatoes
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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.
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Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together14,037 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Lemon + basiltop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,823 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Basil + parsleytop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together2,351 recipes
Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
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Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together34,122 recipes
Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
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Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,047 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the basil
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, salmon, olive, sugar, pepper, lemon, parsley):
- Thymebetter flavor fit
- Fennelabout as good a flavor fit
- Dillabout as good a flavor fit
- Basilthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, salmon, olive, sugar, pepper, lemon, parsley. 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).
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