Name: Easy, Elegant, Imperial Eggs Recipe
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Ingredients: 6 thin asparagus spears; 12 oz. fresh jumbo lump blue crab meat; 1 tbsp. dry white wine; 1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning; 1/2 cup shredded white American cheese (or mild white cheddar); 8 fresh jumbo eggs; 1 tbsp. fat free half-and-half; 1 heaping tbsp. high quality mayonnaise; just a pinch of white pepper

Why it works: Crab and meat work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 448 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Easy, Elegant, Imperial Eggs Recipe

3 to 4 servings

Ingredients

6 thin asparagus spears
12 oz. fresh jumbo lump blue crab meat
1 tbsp. dry white wine
1 tsp. Old Bay Seasoning
1/2 cup shredded white American cheese (or mild white cheddar)
8 fresh jumbo eggs
1 tbsp. fat free half-and-half
1 heaping tbsp. high quality mayonnaise
just a pinch of white pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

459Calories

42 gProtein

26 gFat

9 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Blue Crab	100g cooked	97
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Asparagus	6 spears (90g)	27
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Meat	not in our table	0

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.

Crab + meattop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together448 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
White wine + cheesetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together345 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Asparagus + meattop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together142 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Asparagus + crabtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
Asparagus + white winetop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together190 recipes

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

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

Swap the white pepper

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, crab, meat, white wine, cheese, egg):

Tarragonfits better
Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, crab, meat, white wine, cheese, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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