Name: Shrimps with Tomatoes
Ingredients: 2 cups boiled shrimps; 2 medium or 1 large tomato; Remoulade Dressing

Why it works: Shrimp and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,689 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓

Shrimps with Tomatoes

Ingredients

2 cups boiled shrimps
2 medium or 1 large tomato
Remoulade Dressing

Directions

Prepare

Remove the shells from the tails of the shrimps and place them in a small, open dish.
Peel the tomato with a sharp knife and cut it into thin, small, even slices.
Lay the tomato slices around the shrimp tails.

Dress and serve

Pour cold Remoulade Dressing over the shrimp and tomato.
Set aside in a cool place for 30 minutes before serving.

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.

Shrimp + tomatotop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,689 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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What each ingredient does

Shrimp: Provides the main protein and the body of the dish.
Tomato: Adds moisture and acidity that contrast with the rich dressing.
Remoulade dressing: Adds fat and tang, coating the shrimp and tomato with flavour.

“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.