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The Ultimate Makeover: Salmon En Croûte

Angela Nilsen makes a super healthy version of the classic pastry wrapped fish parcel without losing the wow factor

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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The Ultimate Makeover: Salmon En Croûte

Why it works: Shallot and watercress share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The Ultimate Makeover: Salmon En Croûte

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

411Calories
25 gProtein
27 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 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
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Chestnutnot in our table0
Pastrynot 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. Shallot + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Shallot + chestnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chestnut + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Lemon + watercresstop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together579 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, shallot, chestnut, mushroom, garlic, lemon, watercress):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, shallot, chestnut, mushroom, garlic, lemon, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.