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Shrimp & Scallop Stroganoff

"Elegant comfort food, perfect for a dinner party! A delicious simple seafood sauce with tender shrimp & scallops. Serve with egg noodles or white rice."

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Why it works: Shrimp and scallop share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 26 recipes mention both. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

The recipe

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, shellfish (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sliced mushrooms and cook 5 minutes, stirring, until browned and their liquid has evaporated. Transfer to a bowl.

  2. Pat the shrimp and scallops dry. Melt the remaining butter in the same skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and scallops in a single layer and cook 2 minutes per side until opaque and the shrimp reach 145°F (63°C) in the thickest part. Transfer to a plate.

  3. Reduce the heat to medium. Sprinkle the flour and black pepper over the pan drippings and stir for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the clam juice and simmer about 3 minutes, stirring, until thickened.

  4. Return the mushrooms to the pan and simmer 2 minutes. Stir in the dry sherry.

  5. Remove the pan from the heat. Stir in the sour cream until smooth. Do not let the sauce boil after adding it.

  6. Return the shrimp, scallops and any juices to the pan. Gently warm over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, without boiling, until heated through.

  7. Stir in the chopped parsley and serve hot.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Shrimp + scalloptop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together26 recipes

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

  2. Shrimp + clamtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together102 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Butter + mushroomtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together12,516 recipes

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

  4. Butter + creamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together41,494 recipes

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

  5. Butter + clamtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together840 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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