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Shrimp, Lemon, and Herb Kamut Spaghetti Recipe

This recipe may be basic, but it's loaded with flavor. You could make it more substantial by stirring in a hit of cream at the end. Serve it with a seasonal salad...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Shrimp, Lemon, and Herb Kamut Spaghetti Recipe

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Shrimp, Lemon, and Herb Kamut Spaghetti Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

378Calories
35 gProtein
22 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Shrimp100g cooked99
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, shrimp, white wine, pepper, lemon, parsley):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Fennelfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, shrimp, white wine, pepper, lemon, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.