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Lobster Halves with Tarragon-Lime Butter

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Lobster Halves with Tarragon-Lime Butter

Why it works: Tarragon and lime share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 54 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lobster Halves with Tarragon-Lime Butter

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

213Calories
21 gProtein
12 gFat
5 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Lobster100g cooked98
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Tarragon1 tsp dried (0.5g)2

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. 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. Tarragon + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lobster + tarragontop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together109 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

  3. Butter + tarragontop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,572 recipes

    Shared aroma: anethole (sweet, anise).

  4. Lobster + buttertop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,609 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Butter + limetop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,339 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 lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lobster, butter, tarragon):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Cherryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against lobster, butter, tarragon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.