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Salmon with Pink Pepper and Red Wine–Butter Sauce Recipe

Salmon with pungent pink peppercorns and ginger with a flavorful cream sauce.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and ginger work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 565 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Salmon with Pink Pepper and Red Wine–Butter Sauce Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

435Calories
22 gProtein
30 gFat
12 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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 + gingertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together565 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Red wine + vinegartop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together575 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Vinegar + shallottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,374 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Red wine + shallottop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together231 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red wine, vinegar, shallot, cream, salmon, butter):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against red wine, vinegar, shallot, cream, salmon, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.