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Dorsey's Fish & Oyster House Crab Cakes

"This recipe makes traditional crab cakes. Enjoy!"

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Dorsey's Fish & Oyster House Crab Cakes

Why it works: Biscuit and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 121 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Dorsey's Fish & Oyster House Crab Cakes

6 to 8 crab cakes
Prep9 min
Cook6 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

376Calories
11 gProtein
26 gFat
24 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)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. Biscuit + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together121 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Parsley + mustardtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,588 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  3. Biscuit + parsleytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together204 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mustard + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,120 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Biscuit + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together197 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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 (biscuit, mustard, egg, sauce):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Nutmegfits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, mustard, egg, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.