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Stuffed Squash with Shrimp

A baked squash filled with shrimp, tomato sauce, and cheese.

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Why it works: Onion and beef are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,092 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Stuffed Squash with Shrimp

Oven350°F
Time45 to 50 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the squash

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

  2. Cut a large hole on the top of the squash.

  3. Remove seeds and fiber, cleaning thoroughly inside.

  4. Place cut side down in a ceramic casserole pan with a small amount of water at the bottom.

  5. Bake for about 45 to 50 minutes, or until squash is tender and can be pierced with a fork.

Make the shrimp filling

  1. Meanwhile, dissolve the cornstarch in a cup half-filled with tomato puree.

  2. Heat the margarine in a large saucepan, combine the grated onion and beef bouillon.

  3. Fry the onion and add the tomato puree, the previously dissolved cornstarch, and thawed shrimp. Bring the mixture to boil and cook for 7 minutes.

  4. Add salt to taste.

  5. Take the saucepan out of the heat, stir in the table cream, and set aside.

Assemble and serve

  1. Carefully remove the baked squash from the oven, turn the squash hole up, and remove any excess water remaining in the casserole.

  2. Fill the hole with half of the cream cheese, add the shrimp, and top with the remaining cheese.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1236Calories
75 gProtein
53 gFat
113 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Dairynot 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.

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Explore the science

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 + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Tomato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Tomato + parsleytop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Onion + parsleytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,843 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Squash
Forms the edible vessel that holds the filling and becomes tender when baked.
Cornstarch
Thickens the tomato sauce as it heats, giving it body so it clings to the shrimp.
Tomato puree
Provides the base of the sauce, adding acidity, body and colour.
Cream cheese
Melts into the filling and adds richness and a creamy texture.
Table cream
Stirred in off the heat to add richness and smooth the sauce.
Shrimp
Supplies the main protein, firming slightly as it heats through in the sauce.

The step that matters

Dissolve the cornstarch fully before adding it to the puree. Cornstarch clumps if added dry or undissolved to hot liquid. Mixing it into cool liquid first lets the starch disperse so it thickens the sauce evenly once heated.

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, tomato, beef, shrimp, cream, cream cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Celeryfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, tomato, beef, shrimp, cream, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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