Why it works: Fish and roe work together. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 118 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓
Salted Fish Roe
Ingredients
Directions
Rub the fish roe thoroughly with common salt.
Let the roe stand for 24 hours.
Dry the roe with a soft cloth.
Place the roe in the sun or near the fire until all moisture is gone.
Wrap each piece in paper and store in large glass bottles.
To eat, fry the roe as you would fish.
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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Fish + roetop 16% of all pairsSmell alikelowCooked together118 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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