Name: Crab and Salmon Dip
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 3 cups
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons butter; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 1 cup plain yogurt; 2 (6 ounce) cans lump crabmeat, drained; 6 ounces smoked salmon, chopped; 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt; 1 pinch ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon chopped Italian flat leaf parsley

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Crab and Salmon Dip

3 cups

Prep15 min

Cook5 min

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup plain yogurt
2 (6 ounce) cans lump crabmeat, drained
6 ounces smoked salmon, chopped
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped Italian flat leaf parsley

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

560Calories

40 gProtein

35 gFat

19 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Smoked Salmon	100g cooked	208
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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

By allrecipes. 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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,090 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, cream cheese, yogurt, salmon, garlic, pepper):

Dillfits about as well
Parsleythe original
Capersfits about as well
Cuminfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, cream cheese, yogurt, salmon, garlic, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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