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Sheimps with Tomato Sauce

Shrimps simmered in tomato sauce, seasoned with salt and cayenne pepper, served on toast or in small dishes.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 17,923 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Sheimps with Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Prepare the tomato sauce in a chafing dish.

  2. Add the shrimps to the tomato sauce.

Cook and serve

  1. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  2. Season with salt and cayenne pepper.

  3. Serve on toast, in scallop shells, or in small dishes.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17,923 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together5,469 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Tomato + shrimptop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,689 recipes

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

  4. Sauce + shrimptop 16% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together1,423 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Shrimp + peppertop 24% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,692 recipes

    Shared aroma: phenylethanol (rose, floral).

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

What each ingredient does

Tomato sauce
Forms the moist base of the dish and carries the flavour of the shrimps.
Shrimps
Provide the main protein and seafood flavour of the dish.
Cayenne pepper
Adds a sharp, lingering heat that contrasts with the sweet tomato.

“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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