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No Bread-crumb Dungeness Crab Cakes Recipe

California coast is great for its Dungeness crabs. This recipe is an adaptation of my cousin’s crab cakes she makes for special family gatherings. It tends to...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

No Bread-crumb Dungeness Crab Cakes Recipe

Dozen crab cakes

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

263Calories
33 gProtein
6 gFat
21 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Shrimp100g cooked99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)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.

  1. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

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

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

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

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crab, garlic, celery, carrot, egg, pepper, parsley):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against crab, garlic, celery, carrot, egg, pepper, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.