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Salmon Mayonnaise

A salad of salmon, lettuce, anchovies, and hard‑boiled eggs dressed with mayonnaise.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Salmon and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,485 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Salmon Mayonnaise

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the salmon

  1. Remove the skin and bones from the salmon and drain any moisture.

  2. Place the salmon in the center of a serving dish.

Assemble and serve

  1. Arrange the washed and shredded salad greens around the salmon.

  2. Pour mayonnaise sauce over the salmon.

  3. Garnish with filleted anchovies and slices of hard-boiled egg.

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.

  1. Salmon + eggtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,485 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Lettuce + saucetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,019 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Salmon + saucetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,765 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Salmon + lettucetop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together487 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Lettuce + eggtop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,301 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Forms the main protein base of the salad, providing flavor and a flaky texture.
Mayonnaise sauce
Adds richness and moisture, coating the salmon and greens with fat and creaminess.
Hard-boiled eggs
Contribute soft, creamy texture and mild richness as a garnish.
Anchovies
Add salty, savory depth that sharpens the flavor of the salad.

The step that matters

Drain the salmon. Excess moisture left in the salmon can thin the mayonnaise and make the salad watery. Draining first keeps the sauce thick and clinging to the fish.

Swap the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, sauce, egg):

  1. Asparagusfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Horseradishfits better
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, sauce, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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