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Salmon & Chive Bagel Topper

Mix your fish with cream cheese and herbs for a low-fat and healthy sandwich filling

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Salmon and chive work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 343 recipes mention both. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep8 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, fish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Flake the cooked salmon fillet into large pieces with a fork, discarding any skin and bones.

  2. In a bowl, beat the soft cheese with the lemon zest and juice until smooth, then stir in the snipped chives.

  3. Toast the split bagel halves in a toaster or under a grill until golden, about 2 to 3 minutes.

  4. Spread the chive cheese thickly over the cut side of each toasted bagel half.

  5. Divide the flaked salmon over the cheese, then top with the watercress and serve straight away.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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.

  1. Salmon + chivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together343 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Chive + watercresstop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together97 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Lemon + watercresstop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together579 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Salmon + watercresstop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together142 recipes

    Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).

  5. Lemon + chivetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,122 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 lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, cheese, chive, bagel, watercress):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Limeabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, cheese, chive, bagel, watercress. 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).