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Salmon & Asparagus Salad

Smoked Salmon & Asparagus in a Spinach and Shallot salad, with a Dill, Mustard and Worcester Sauce dressing

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 17 ingredients
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Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Salmon & Asparagus Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

537Calories
34 gProtein
34 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Smoked Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Saladnot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Asparagus + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together274 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  3. Spinach + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

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

  4. Asparagus + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Spinach + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, asparagus, olive, spinach, shallot, almond, lemon):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, asparagus, olive, spinach, shallot, almond, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.