Name: Dried Salmon
Ingredients: dried salmon; black pepper

Why it works: Salmon and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,446 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Dried Salmon

Ingredients

dried salmon
black pepper

Directions

Lightly pepper a slice of dried salmon.
Place it on a grill over low heat.
Cook for about 10 minutes until done.
Alternatively, toast the salmon for the same time.

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.

Salmon + peppertop 27% of all pairs

Smell alikelow

Cooked together5,446 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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What each ingredient does

Dried salmon: Is the main protein, cooked through by gentle heat until done.
Black pepper: Adds a sharp, aromatic seasoning to the surface of the salmon.

“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.