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Shrimp and Crab Over Toasted Baguettes Recipe

This is a quick and easy appetizer. Make it ahead and then spread on lightly toasted baguettes and top with fresh crab and scallions. It is easy and quick...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Shrimp and crab work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 123 recipes. Both carry 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, which smells cocoa, roasted. The science ↓

Shrimp and Crab Over Toasted Baguettes Recipe

Serves approximately 24 baguettes

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

375Calories
29 gProtein
22 gFat
17 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatnot in our table0
Brandynot in our table0

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. Shrimp + crabtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together123 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  2. Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Dill + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together943 recipes

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

  4. Shrimp + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,743 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Butter + crabtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together812 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shrimp, butter, cream cheese, crab, brandy, garlic, sauce):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shrimp, butter, cream cheese, crab, brandy, garlic, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.