Why it works: Arugula and salmon work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 35 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 4Ingredients
Contains: wheat, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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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Arugula + salmontop 10% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together35 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Wheat + olivetop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together937 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).
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Red wine + vinegartop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together569 recipes
Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
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Olive + vinegartop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together10,843 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
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Olive + red winetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,239 recipes
Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).
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