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Seafood Strata with Pesto

"This is a wonderful recipe that can be prepared ahead of time. Serve with a crisp green salad and lots of hot French bread. Use any combination of crab and shrimp, or just use one of them."

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Seafood Strata with Pesto

Why it works: Mushroom and swiss cheese work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 136 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Seafood Strata with Pesto

8 servings
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1102Calories
60 gProtein
33 gFat
135 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Mushroom + swiss cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Mushroom + sherrytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

  3. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  4. Butter + mushroomtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,525 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Butter + swiss cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together413 recipes

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

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, mushroom, onion, sherry, shrimp, swiss cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, butter, mushroom, onion, sherry, shrimp, swiss cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.