Why it works: Salmon and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,918 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Salmon Bisque
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare leftover salmon or canned salmon steak according to previous recipe instructions.
Serve with sliced lemon.
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 + lemontop 19% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together2,918 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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