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Coquilles of Salmon

A baked salmon dish served in scallop shells with butter, shrimp, mushrooms, and a glaze.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Coquilles of Salmon

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Make the filling

  1. In a stewpan, combine the flaked salmon, butter, picked shrimps, sliced mushrooms, half-glaze, cayenne pepper, and coarse sea salt.

  2. Simmer the mixture for five minutes.

Fill and bake

  1. Fill scallop shells with the mixture, one for each person.

  2. Top with fried bread-crumbs and small pieces of butter.

  3. Place in a 400°F (200°C) oven until hot and serve.

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.

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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.

  1. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Mushroom + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

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

  4. Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  5. Butter + shrimptop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,931 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Forms the main body of the filling and provides the flavour base.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture, and helps the filling stay soft and glossy.
Half-glaze
Adds concentrated savoury depth and body to the sauce around the fish.
Shrimps
Add a sweet, delicate seafood flavour and tender texture to the mixture.
Mushrooms
Contribute earthy flavour and moisture to the filling.

The step that matters

Heating through in the oven. The filling is already cooked, so the goal is only to heat it until hot. Overbaking dries the salmon and toughens the shrimp, while the buttered crumbs should brown lightly without burning.

“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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