Why it works: Salmon and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,529 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Bottled Salmon
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the salmon in boiling water with salt, peppercorns, and onion if desired.
Once cooked, remove the skins and press the salmon tightly into jars.
Strain the cooking water and pour it over the salmon in the jars.
Sterilize the jars for 30 minutes at 212°F (100°C).
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 + oniontop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together3,529 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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