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Baked Clam Dip with French Bread

A delicious mixture of baked clams and cheeses on top of freshly sliced French bread. A elegant appetizer that’s ready in less than 30 minutes.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Baked Clam Dip with French Bread

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Baked Clam Dip with French Bread

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

904Calories
55 gProtein
27 gFat
109 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4

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

By tastykitchen. 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,756 recipes

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

  3. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  4. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Onion + oreganotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the oregano

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clam, bread, butter, onion, garlic, parmesan cheese):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Oreganothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clam, bread, butter, onion, garlic, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.