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Salmon, Herb and Courgette Roulade

Homemade chutney adds richness to this light, fresh savoury roulade.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 30 ingredients
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Why it works: Rhubarb and watercress share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 1 roulade
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Rhubarb + watercresstop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Star anise + clovetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together184 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Beetroot + watercresstop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Beetroot + rhubarbtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + watercresstop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (star anise, clove, vinegar, sugar, beetroot, shallot, rhubarb):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Mustardbetter flavor fit
  3. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against star anise, clove, vinegar, sugar, beetroot, shallot, rhubarb. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).