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Salmon and Lobster Sandwiches

A sandwich with salmon, lobster, mayonnaise, anchovy paste, cream, and gherkins on buttered bread.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Anchovy and lobster work together. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 470 recipes. Both carry octanal, which smells fat, soap. The science ↓

Salmon and Lobster Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Pound the salmon and lobster in a mortar.

  2. Add the mayonnaise, anchovy paste, and finely chopped gherkins, then mix well.

  3. Work in the cream and season with salt and pepper.

Assemble and serve

  1. Spread the buttered side of all bread slices with the mixture.

  2. Place two slices together, spread sides facing each other.

  3. Use a cutlet cutter to stamp out shapes.

  4. Arrange on a dish with a folded napkin or lace paper, pointed end up.

  5. Fill the center with a plain salad, such as thinly-sliced tomatoes or shredded celery.

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. Anchovy + lobstertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together470 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

  2. Cream + lobstertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,050 recipes

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

  3. Bread + anchovytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,260 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexanol (green, fruity).

  4. Anchovy + salmontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together535 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Provides the main body and flavour of the savoury filling.
Lobster
Adds sweet, delicate seafood flavour and a tender texture to the filling.
Mayonnaise
Binds the filling and keeps it moist and spreadable.
Double cream
Enriches the filling, adding softness and a smoother texture.
Bread
Forms the thin sandwich base that holds the filling in place.

The step that matters

Work in the cream. Cream should be worked in gently after the other ingredients are combined. Overworking a fat-rich mixture can make it heavy or greasy, while adding it gradually keeps the filling smooth and spreadable.

“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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