Why it works: Salmon and sauce are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,765 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Salmon Rissoles
Ingredients
Directions
Take some cold salmon and shape it into rissoles.
For variety, shape them into round balls instead of cutlets.
Serve with Dutch sauce or French melted butter.
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 + saucetop 20% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together1,765 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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