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Salad Dressing for Salmon

A mustard-based dressing for salmon made with sugar, salt, pepper, butter, eggs, milk, and vinegar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Mustard and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,067 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Salad Dressing for Salmon

Ingredients

Directions

Mix the base

  1. In a bowl, combine 1 teaspoon mustard, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, a little pepper, and moisten with hot water.

  2. Add ½ cup melted butter, 3 beaten eggs, and 1 cup rich milk or cream.

Thicken and finish

  1. Add ½ cup vinegar.

  2. Place the bowl in a pan of boiling water and cook, stirring constantly, until thick as custard.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

288Calories
15 gProtein
14 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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. Mustard + vinegartop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,067 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Mustard + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,430 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Pepper + vinegartop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,806 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Milk + eggtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set and thicken the dressing as they cook, giving it a custard-like body.
Rich milk
Adds moisture and richness, softening the dressing's texture.
Butter (in the method)
Adds fat for richness and a smooth, rounded mouthfeel.
Vinegar
Provides acidity that gives the dressing its sharp, tangy bite.
Sugar
Adds sweetness that balances the vinegar's sharpness.
Mustard
Adds sharp, pungent flavor to the dressing.

The step that matters

Cooking over boiling water while stirring constantly. Egg proteins set gradually as they heat. Stirring constantly and keeping the heat gentle spreads the warmth evenly, so the custard thickens smoothly instead of curdling or scrambling on the bottom of the bowl.

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, milk, egg, pepper, vinegar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Mustardthe original
  3. Asparagusfits about as well
  4. Cucumberfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, milk, egg, pepper, vinegar. 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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