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Sugar-cured Salmon

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Sugar-cured Salmon

Why it works: Lettuce and chervil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 396 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sugar-cured Salmon

Serves 12

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

450Calories
22 gProtein
27 gFat
29 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Vodkanot in our table0
Chervilnot in our table0
Cidernot 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. Lettuce + cherviltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together396 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Star anise + orangetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together138 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Star anise + cherviltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Star anise + lettucetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together12 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Orange + lettucetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together373 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, sugar, star anise, vodka, lamb, lettuce, chervil):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against salmon, sugar, star anise, vodka, lamb, lettuce, chervil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.