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Shrimp Mold

"A great shrimp appetizer! Serve with crackers or toasted French bread."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Shrimp Mold

Why it works: Tomato and celery are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,377 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Shrimp Mold

5 appetizer servings
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

371Calories
41 gProtein
16 gFat
18 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Gelatin1 envelope (7g)23
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Soupnot in our table0
Waternot 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. Tomato + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Celery + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Cream cheese + shrimptop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together183 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Shrimp + oniontop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,437 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, gelatin, cream cheese, shrimp, celery):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, gelatin, cream cheese, shrimp, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.