Why it works: Salmon and harissa work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
The recipe
Serves 6 - 8Ingredients
Contains: milk, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Salmon + harissatop 12% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together17 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Salmon + buttertop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together4,472 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
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Lemon + harissatop 7% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together116 recipes
Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).
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Butter + lemontop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together41,197 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Salmon + lemontop 9% of all pairsAroma overlaplowMentioned together2,918 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the harissa
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, butter, lemon):
- Parsleybetter flavor fit
- Thymebetter flavor fit
- Tarragonbetter flavor fit
- Harissathe original
Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, butter, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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