Name: Prosciutto and Smoked Salmon Wraps
Ingredients: 2 California avocados, seeded and peeled; 8 slices each prosciutto and smoked salmon; Fresh lemon or lime

Why it works: Prosciutto and salmon work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and 16 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

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

2 California avocados, seeded and peeled
8 slices each prosciutto and smoked salmon
Fresh lemon or lime

Directions

Prepare

Cut each avocado into 8 slices.

Wrap and serve

Diagonally wrap each with a prosciutto or salmon slice.
Arrange wraps on serving platter, garnish with lemon or lime and serve.

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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.

Prosciutto + salmontop 21% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together16 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Avocado + salmontop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together183 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Avocado + lemontop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together800 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Salmon + lemontop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together2,918 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Avocado + prosciuttotop 17% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Avocados: Provide creamy, buttery texture and richness that balances the salty cured meats.
Prosciutto: Adds salty, savory flavor and a firm texture that wraps around the avocado slices.
Smoked salmon: Adds smoky, salty flavor and a silky texture that contrasts with the avocado.

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (avocado, prosciutto, salmon):

Limebetter flavor fit
Mangoabout as good a flavor fit
Cherryabout as good a flavor fit
Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against avocado, prosciutto, salmon. 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).

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.