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Salmon & Spinach Spring Rolls

Using Filo pastry sheets for this spring rolls instead of a normal oriental dough. Very delicate and crunchy texture!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Salmon & Spinach Spring Rolls

Why it works: Pepper and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Salmon & Spinach Spring Rolls

Makes 6 rolls

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

474Calories
29 gProtein
36 gFat
8 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pastrynot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Spinach + lemontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,109 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Spinach + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Salmon + cheddar cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together159 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Cheddar cheese + spinachtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together260 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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, cheddar cheese, spinach, sauce, pepper):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits about as well
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Mangofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, cheddar cheese, spinach, sauce, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.