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Shrimp Toast, with Eggs

A toasted bread square topped with sautéed shrimp and eggs, seasoned with cayenne pepper and black pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Shrimp and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,931 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

Shrimp Toast, with Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare the shrimp

  1. Combine the picked shrimps, butter, and cayenne pepper in a saucepan and simmer for 2 minutes.

Assemble and bake

  1. Spread the shrimp mixture on a large square of toast placed on a fire-proof baking tin.

  2. Carefully break the eggs over the shrimp mixture.

  3. Cook in a 350°F (175°C) oven until the eggs are set, about 6 to 8 minutes.

  4. Dust with pepper and serve immediately.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Shrimp + buttertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,931 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  2. Butter + eggtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together118,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Butter + peppertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Shrimp + peppertop 24% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,692 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).

  5. Shrimp + eggtop 26% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,829 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

What each ingredient does

Shrimps
Provide the main protein and savoury flavour of the topping.
Eggs
Set when baked, forming a soft, creamy topping over the shrimp.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture to the shrimp mixture.
Toast
Forms the sturdy base that holds the shrimp and eggs.

The step that matters

Cook in a 350°F (175°C) oven until the eggs are set. Eggs continue to firm as they heat, so overbaking turns them rubbery and dry. Pull them when the whites are opaque and the yolks still look soft.

“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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