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Lemony Salmon Pate

A creamy salmon spread flavored with lemon, onion, and white pepper.

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Why it works: Salmon and cream cheese work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 148 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Lemony Salmon Pate

Ingredients

Directions

Make the pate

  1. In a blender, place salmon, lemon juice, onion, white pepper, cream cheese and blend until smooth.

  2. Add your heavy cream while blending until the texture is just right.

Serve

  1. Spread on your favorite cracker or bread.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

420Calories
24 gProtein
29 gFat
17 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6

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

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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.

  1. Salmon + cream cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Salmon + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,401 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Cream cheese + creamtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Lemon + white peppertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,658 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Onion + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,827 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

Onion and cream barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,827 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Flaked salmon
Provides the main flavour and the body of the pâté.
Cream cheese
Adds richness and a smooth, spreadable texture.
Heavy cream
Adds fat and moisture, loosening the blend to a silky texture.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the rich salmon and cream cheese.

The step that matters

Adding the heavy cream while blending. Cream should be added gradually while blending so the mixture emulsifies smoothly. Adding it all at once or over-blending can leave it loose or greasy, so stop once the texture is right.

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, lemon, onion, cream cheese, cream):

  1. Dillfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. White pepperthe original

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

“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.

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