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Shad-roe-and-cucumber Salad

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Cucumber and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,409 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Shad-roe-and-cucumber Salad

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

  1. In a bowl, combine oil, cayenne, salt, and lemon juice.

  2. Add the cubed cucumber and enough mayonnaise or dressing to moisten.

  3. Rub a salad dish with the cut side of garlic.

  4. Shape the salad mixture in the center of the dish.

  5. Arrange lettuce leaves around the edge.

  6. In another bowl, beat eggs until light, then mix in lemon rind, currants, and citron until smooth.

  7. Line small tins with pastry and fill with the cheese mixture.

  8. Bake at 350°F (175°C) for about 15 minutes or until firm.

  9. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve when slightly cooled.

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. Cucumber + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,409 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. Cucumber + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Garlic + lettucetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,078 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, lemon, cucumber, clove, garlic, lettuce, egg):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, lemon, cucumber, clove, garlic, lettuce, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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