Name: Spicy Shrimp and Sausage Pasta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ½ pounds Shrimp, Cleaned And Deveined; ½ teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning (or Other Cajun Spice Blend); ¼ teaspoons Cayenne Pepper; ¼ teaspoons Black Pepper, Or More To Taste; ½ teaspoons Garlic Salt; 2 Tablespoons Kosher Salt; 1 pound Olive Oil, Divided; ¼ cups Smoked Sausage, Sliced; 1 Tablespoon Sliced Shallots; ½ teaspoons Minced Garlic; 2 Tablespoons Red Pepper Flakes; ¼ cups Tomato Paste; 1 can White Wine; 5 sprigs (28 Oz. Size) Crushed Roma Tomatoes; ½ Tablespoons Fresh Thyme Sprigs; 1 pound Chopped Fresh Oregano; ¼ cups Dried Linguine; 1 cup Chopped Italian Parsley

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

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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.

Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,476 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pepper + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, pepper, garlic, olive, tomato, white wine, thyme):

Capsicumfits better
Potatofits better
Okrafits about as well
Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, pepper, garlic, olive, tomato, white wine, thyme. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Smoked Sausage	100g cooked	301
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

Spicy Shrimp and Sausage Pasta