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Crayfish Soup

A soup made with crayfish tails, onions, tomatoes, garlic, herbs, wine, and cream.

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Why it works: Clove and nutmeg match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,686 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Crayfish Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the stock

  1. Heat 1-1/2 quarts water in a large saucepan to boiling.

  2. Add the lobster tails and salt, and simmer until tender.

  3. Remove lobster tail meat from shells, coarsely chop and set aside. Reserve stock.

Make the soup

  1. In another large saucepan, heat the butter and sauté the onions for 5 minutes.

  2. Add the tomatoes, garlic, herbs, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and lemon peel. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes.

  3. Add the wine and 4 cups lobster water. Boil soup and cook for 10 more minutes.

  4. Force soup through a food mill, then return to the pot.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

377Calories
28 gProtein
18 gFat
24 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
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Crayfishnot in our table0
Saladnot 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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Clove + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

  5. Crayfish + lobstertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together100 recipes

    Shared aroma: octanal (fat, soap).

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

What each ingredient does

Crayfish tails
Provide the main seafood flavour and tender meat that is added back to the soup.
Butter
Carries flavour and adds richness when it is heated with the onions.
Onions
Soften during sautéing to build a sweet, savoury base for the soup.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and body as they cook down into the soup.
Dry white wine
Adds acidity and aromatic depth as the soup simmers.
Light cream
Adds richness and a smooth, creamy texture to the finished soup.

The step that matters

Force soup through a food mill, then return to the pot.. Pressing the cooked solids through a mill creates a smooth, thickened body. Skipping or rushing this step leaves the soup grainy and thin.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crayfish, lobster, butter, onion, tomato, garlic, nutmeg):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against crayfish, lobster, butter, onion, tomato, garlic, nutmeg. 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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