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Another Way of Dressing Salmon

Baked salmon topped with bread, parmesan, and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and bread are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Another Way of Dressing Salmon

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Poach the salmon

  1. Boil the salmon in salt and water until cooked.

  2. Remove the salmon and take out the small bones along the back.

Bread and bake

  1. In a stewpan, heat the dripping or butter without boiling.

  2. Place the fish in the heated stewpan.

  3. Surround the fish with the cut bread and sprinkle grated Parmesan on top.

  4. Brush melted butter over the fish using a large feather brush.

  5. Place the fish in a 400°F (200°C) oven until it is a fine color.

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. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Bread + parmesan cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together577 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Salmon + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Salmon + parmesan cheesetop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together231 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Forms the main body of the dish, cooked first and then finished with a golden crust.
Bread
Forms a crisp, golden crumb coating around the fish as it bakes.
Parmesan cheese
Melts and browns on top, adding savoury flavour and a golden crust.
Dripping or butter
Adds fat and richness, helping the bread crisp and brown in the pan.
Melted butter
Moistens the surface and encourages even browning in the oven.

The step that matters

Place the fish in the oven until it is a fine color. Browning depends on surface fat and dry heat. Watching the colour rather than the clock prevents the bread and cheese from scorching while the fish stays moist.

“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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