Why it works: Crab and sauce work together. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 238 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓
Soft-shell Crabs on Toast, Sauce Ravigote
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the soft-shell crabs by cleaning and removing the gills.
Fry the crabs until golden brown.
Toast slices of bread until crisp.
Place the fried crabs on the toast.
Top with sauce ravigote before serving.
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.
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Crab + saucetop 11% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together238 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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