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Cold Smoked Salmon Spread From Town House®

"Whipped cream cheese with smoked salmon, chives, dill, and capers is a classic combination and it's perfect spread on crackers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cold Smoked Salmon Spread From Town House®

Why it works: Chive and capers match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 245 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Cold Smoked Salmon Spread From Town House®

14 servings
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

781Calories
36 gProtein
24 gFat
102 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Smoked Salmon100g cooked208
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1

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

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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. Chive + caperstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together245 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  3. Dill + caperstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Chive + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together228 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Lemon + caperstop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, chive, dill, salmon, capers):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Lemonthe original
  3. Limefits less well
  4. Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, chive, dill, salmon, capers. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.