Why it works: Potato bread and flour share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓
Salmon with Potato Bread
Serves 4Ingredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 16 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Anchovy | 100g | 210 |
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Potato Bread | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Mashed Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Watercress | 1 cup (34g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Capers | 1 tbsp (9g) drained | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Potato bread + flourtop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together5 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together2,081 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Potato + shallottop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together272 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Potato + peppertop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together8,305 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Pepper + shallottop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together5,898 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the potato
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato bread, flour, egg, pepper, butter, sauce, shallot):
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- Potatothe original
Fit is the average pairing score against potato bread, flour, egg, pepper, butter, sauce, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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