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Baked Salmon with Fennel & Tomatoes

Aniseedy fennel and juicy cherry tomatoes cut through the richness of salmon fillets

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Baked Salmon with Fennel & Tomatoes

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Baked Salmon with Fennel & Tomatoes

Serves 2
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

480Calories
24 gProtein
28 gFat
37 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Fennel Bulb1/2 bulb (87g)27
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Olive1 large (4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Fennel + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together625 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Fennel + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together723 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Fennel + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (fennel, parsley, lemon, olive, salmon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against fennel, parsley, lemon, olive, salmon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.