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Shrimp Dip I

"A wonderful dip that's easy to make. Serve warm with crackers"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Shrimp Dip I

Why it works: Cream and cream cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 14% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,087 recipes. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

Shrimp Dip I

6 to 8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook2 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

293Calories
27 gProtein
16 gFat
12 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soupnot 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. Cream + cream cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Shrimp + cream cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together183 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Cream + oniontop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,827 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

  5. Cream cheese + oniontop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

Cream and onion barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,827 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

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

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Onionthe original
  4. Welsh onionfits about as well

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