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Tomato Shrimp Scampi

A pasta dish of fettuccine tossed with shrimp, tomatoes, garlic, and basil in a wine and lemon sauce.

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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 ↓

Tomato Shrimp Scampi

Time8 minutes for fettuccine

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cook fettuccine for 8 minutes, or until tender but firm. Drain well; keep warm.

  2. Sauté garlic in olive oil in large skillet over medium heat for 2 minutes.

  3. Add tomatoes. Cook 5 minutes.

  4. Pour in vermouth or wine, Realemon; add sugar and simmer 6 minutes.

Make the sauce

  1. Add green onions, shrimp and red pepper flakes. Cook until shrimp turn pink and are cooked through, about 3 minutes.

  2. Stir in basil and cheese.

Serve

  1. Toss with cooked fettuccine; serve immediately in shallow bowls.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

523Calories
38 gProtein
22 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Shrimp100g cooked99
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Vermouthnot 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.

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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

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

  5. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

What each ingredient does

Shrimp
Provides the main protein; turns pink and firms when cooked through.
Olive oil
Carries the garlic flavour and helps coat the pasta with fat.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that mellows as it cooks gently in the oil.
Plum tomatoes
Break down into the body and moisture of the sauce.
Vermouth or white cooking wine
Adds acidity and depth as it simmers into the sauce.
Fettuccine
Forms the base of the dish, carrying the sauce on its surface.

The step that matters

Cooking the shrimp. Shrimp cook quickly and turn rubbery when overcooked. Cook only until they turn pink and are opaque through, since residual heat keeps cooking them after they leave the pan.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, plum, tomato, vermouth, lemon, sugar):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, plum, tomato, vermouth, lemon, sugar. 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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