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Shrimp and Andouille Sausage with Mustard Sauce

"If you love Creole and Cajun dishes, you'll love this one."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Shrimp and Andouille Sausage with Mustard Sauce

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Shrimp and Andouille Sausage with Mustard Sauce

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

718Calories
64 gProtein
22 gFat
60 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
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.

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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Pasta + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together195 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mushroom + white winetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,765 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity).

  5. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, shrimp, onion, mushroom, garlic, white wine, cream):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, shrimp, onion, mushroom, garlic, white wine, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.