Name: Crab, Chile & Mint Crostini
Yield: Makes 12 servings
Ingredients: 12 slices bread Pullman or sourdough; 8 ounces cooked jumbo lump crabmeat; 3 tablespoons aioli or mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice; 1 tablepsoon fresh mint, finely chopped; Fresno chile or red jalapeño, stemmed, seeded, and minced; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; Thinly sliced fresh mint, for garnish

Why it works: Lime and mint match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 846 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Crab, Chile & Mint Crostini

Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

12 slices bread Pullman or sourdough
8 ounces cooked jumbo lump crabmeat
3 tablespoons aioli or mayonnaise
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablepsoon fresh mint, finely chopped
Fresno chile or red jalapeño, stemmed, seeded, and minced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Thinly sliced fresh mint, for garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

643Calories

24 gProtein

7 gFat

119 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Sourdough	1 slice (36g)	93
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

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

By epicurious. 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.

Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together846 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Mint + peppertop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,372 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Bread + peppertop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,964 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Bread + minttop 17% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together244 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, lime, pepper):

Corianderfits better
Marjoramfits better
Parsleyfits better
Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, lime, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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