Name: Dipping Sauce for Crab, Lobster, Shrimp or Cold Crisp Vegetables
Ingredients: ½ cup mayonnaise; ½ cup sour cream; 2 tbsp wine vinegar; ½ tbsp dry mustard; 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 2 tbsp onion, grated; 1 clove garlic, minced; 3 eggs, hard cooked and chopped; 3 tbsp black olives, chopped

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Dipping Sauce for Crab, Lobster, Shrimp or Cold Crisp Vegetables

Time2 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Make the sauce

Blend all ingredients.

Chill and serve

Chill for 2 hours before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

270Calories

26 gProtein

7 gFat

20 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3

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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Mustard + garlictop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,053 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Vinegar + mustardtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,067 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Mustard + clovetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,829 recipes

Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

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

What each ingredient does

Mayonnaise: Provides a creamy, rich base that carries the other flavours.
Sour cream: Adds tang and a smooth, thick body to the dip.
Wine vinegar: Adds acidity that brightens the sauce and balances the richness of the dairy and egg.
Eggs: Contribute body and a soft, creamy texture as chopped pieces through the sauce.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, wine, vinegar, mustard, sauce, onion, garlic):

Capersfits better
Tarragonfits better
Thymefits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, wine, vinegar, mustard, sauce, onion, garlic. 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.