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Asparagus & Crab Salad

This wonderfully fresh dish is full of light, shellfish flavours and makes the perfect start to a relaxed dinner party

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Asparagus & Crab Salad

Why it works: Asparagus and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 213 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Asparagus & Crab Salad

Serves 4 as a starter
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

160Calories
4 gProtein
14 gFat
9 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Asparagus + mustardtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together213 recipes

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

  2. Mustard + limetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Asparagus + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,096 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Lime + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,621 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (asparagus, mustard, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Lemonfits about as well
  4. Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against asparagus, mustard, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.