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Pesto Shrimp Sandwich

"This is a recreation of the sandwiches I have for lunch at the cafeteria at my work in Norway. Simple, easy, and cheap recipe for a quick snack. This recipe will make 4 sandwiches."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Pesto Shrimp Sandwich

Why it works: Butter and shrimp are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,931 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

Pesto Shrimp Sandwich

4 sandwiches
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

206Calories
25 gProtein
12 gFat
1 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Romaine Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Saladnot in our table0
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. Butter + shrimptop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,931 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Butter + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15,338 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Shrimp + saucetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,423 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Lettuce + shrimptop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together430 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Lettuce + saucetop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,019 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Butter and sauce barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lettuce

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

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Lettucethe original

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