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Smoked Salmon & Mascarpone Tortilla

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Smoked Salmon & Mascarpone Tortilla

Why it works: Dill and sunflower share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 55 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Smoked Salmon & Mascarpone Tortilla

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

746Calories
44 gProtein
41 gFat
50 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Smoked Salmon100g cooked208
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Dill + sunflowertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Potato + dilltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together423 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Potato + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together303 recipes

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

  4. Potato + peastop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,016 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Peas + salmontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together375 recipes

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

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, dill, egg, cheese, sunflower, salmon):

  1. Sesamefits better
  2. Walnutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, dill, egg, cheese, sunflower, salmon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.