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Broiled Salmon

Broiled salmon slices seasoned with herbs and served with white caper sauce.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Parsley and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Broiled Salmon

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the tail of the salmon into slices.

  2. Soak the slices in olive oil for an hour.

  3. Season with parsley, mixed herbs, laurel leaves, salt, and pepper.

Cook and serve

  1. Broil on the grill, basting with olive oil.

  2. When cooked, remove the skin and serve covered with white caper sauce.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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 + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Parsley + laureltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,652 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

  4. Laurel + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,666 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Salmon
Forms the main protein that cooks through and flakes when broiled.
Olive oil
Soaks into the salmon and bastes it, adding moisture and helping the surface brown.
White caper sauce
Adds a tangy, savoury topping that contrasts with the rich fish.

The step that matters

Broil on the grill, basting with olive oil. Salmon dries out quickly under direct high heat. Regular basting with oil keeps the surface moist and helps it brown evenly while the inside cooks through.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (salmon, olive, laurel, pepper, sauce):

  1. Thymefits about as well
  2. Parsleythe original
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Rosemaryfits about as well

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

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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