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Salmon, Cranberry & Couscous Parcels

Whip up some fruity couscous then place with fish into parchment to be baked in a pouch

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Salmon, Cranberry & Couscous Parcels

Why it works: Cinnamon and allspice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,536 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Salmon, Cranberry & Couscous Parcels

Serves 6
Prep25 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

885Calories
33 gProtein
48 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Peppermintnot 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. Cinnamon + allspicetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Pine + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Cinnamon + pinetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together152 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  4. Allspice + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together195 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Allspice + pinetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cinnamon, allspice, butter, pine, mint, basil, salmon):

  1. Walnutfits better
  2. Almondfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cinnamon, allspice, butter, pine, mint, basil, salmon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.