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Creole Shrimp and Pasta Meuniere

"This recipe is one of my favorites, because the taste of the shrimp doesn't get lost in the sauce. The sauce has just a hint of a kick, and really enhances the shrimp. Just wonderful...enjoy!!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Creole Shrimp and Pasta Meuniere

Why it works: Lemon and thyme match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,973 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Creole Shrimp and Pasta Meuniere

4 servings
Prep5 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

582Calories
34 gProtein
27 gFat
52 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Saucenot in our table0

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.

  1. Lemon + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,973 recipes

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

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

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

  3. Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  4. Pasta + jalapenotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Pasta + thymetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together229 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, butter, sauce, pepper, lemon, thyme, shrimp):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, butter, sauce, pepper, lemon, thyme, shrimp. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.