Why it works: Salmon and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 24% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 487 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Salmon Salad
Ingredients
Directions
Break the lettuce into bits and mix well.
Add the salmon and plenty of mayonnaise dressing.
Serve icy cold.
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.
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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.
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Salmon + lettucetop 24% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together487 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
- Salmon
- Provides the main protein and flaky body that makes the salad substantial.
- Lettuce
- Adds crisp texture and fresh, watery bulk to the salad.
- Mayonnaise dressing
- Adds richness and moisture, binding the salmon and lettuce together.
The step that matters
Serve icy cold. Chilling keeps the lettuce crisp and firm, and keeps the mayonnaise-based dressing from warming and becoming greasy. Serving it cold also preserves the fresh texture the dish depends on.
“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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