Name: Seafood and Mushroom Shells
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 (10 ounce) package Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Shells, prepared according to package directions; 4 tablespoons butter; 2 1/2 cups thinly sliced mushrooms; 1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free); 1/2 cup dry white wine or vermouth; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 4 (4 ounce) fillets firm white fish fillets (cod, haddock or halibut), cut into 1-inch pieces; 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Why it works: Mushroom and white wine are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,765 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity. The science ↓

Seafood and Mushroom Shells

6 servings

Prep35 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 (10 ounce) package Pepperidge Farm® Puff Pastry Shells, prepared according to package directions
4 tablespoons butter
2 1/2 cups thinly sliced mushrooms
1 (10.75 ounce) can Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1/2 cup dry white wine or vermouth
1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 (4 ounce) fillets firm white fish fillets (cod, haddock or halibut), cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

790Calories

87 gProtein

42 gFat

10 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 13 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Halibut	100g cooked	140
Haddock	100g cooked	112
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Mushrooms	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Pastry	not in our table	0
Soup	not in our table	0
Vermouth	not in our table	0

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.

Mushroom + white winetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,765 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).
Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,199 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together12,525 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
White wine + parmesan cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together697 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, mushroom, cream, white wine, fish, parmesan cheese):

Plumfits about as well
Lemonthe original
Applefits about as well
Bananafits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, mushroom, cream, white wine, fish, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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