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Shrimp Scampi with Quick Preserved Lemon and Fennel on Polenta

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Shrimp Scampi with Quick Preserved Lemon and Fennel on Polenta

Why it works: Clam and shrimp work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 160 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Shrimp Scampi with Quick Preserved Lemon and Fennel on Polenta

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

546Calories
54 gProtein
22 gFat
36 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Clam100g cooked148
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Saucenot 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 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.

  1. Clam + shrimptop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together160 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  2. Olive + fenneltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,344 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Pepper + fenneltop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Olive + plumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,266 recipes

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

  5. Fennel + plumtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clam, cream, pepper, sauce, olive, shrimp, fennel):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Plumthe original

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