Name: Mayonnaise De Saumon
Ingredients: 2 salmon steaks; French Dressing; Mayonnaise or Mustard Dressing; Crisp lettuce leaves; Hard-boiled eggs; Pickled beets; Olives

Why it works: Mustard and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,356 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Mayonnaise De Saumon

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the salmon

Boil the salmon steaks as directed for boiled salmon.
Flake the fish and mix it with French Dressing.
Heap the mixture in a salad bowl and refrigerate.

Dress and serve

When ready to serve, cover with Mayonnaise or Mustard Dressing.
Garnish with crisp lettuce leaves, hard-boiled eggs, pickled beets, and olives to taste.
Serve cold.

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.

Mustard + lettucetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,356 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Lettuce + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,580 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,950 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Salmon + olivetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together2,942 recipes

Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Salmon + eggtop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,485 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon steaks: Provide the main body of the dish, flaking into moist pieces that form the base.
French dressing: Seasons and moistens the flaked fish, adding acidity and flavour before chilling.
Mayonnaise or mustard dressing: Adds a rich, creamy fat layer that moistens the salad and balances the acidity.
Hard-boiled eggs: Add firm texture and mild richness as a garnish.