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King Crab Appetizers

"These crab tartlets have long since been a family favorite and are requested often at holiday get togethers."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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King Crab Appetizers

Why it works: Cream cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 467 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

King Crab Appetizers

12 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

718Calories
54 gProtein
40 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Biscuit1 medium (45g)166
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Meatnot 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. Cream cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together467 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Cream cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together311 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Parmesan cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together592 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Crab + meattop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Biscuit + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together428 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (biscuit, cream cheese, crab, meat, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, sauce):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits about as well
  3. Chivefits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against biscuit, cream cheese, crab, meat, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.