Name: Spicy Maine Shrimp Sauce Over Pasta Recipe
Yield: 1 generous or 2 small servings
Ingredients: Maine shrimp rinsed and patted dry, shells on (I used a 1/2 lb. for 1 generous serving since it was my first of the season.); 2 whole medium cloves of garlic, peeled; Canned tomatoes, roughly just under a 1/2 can or so (kitchen ready, strained Pomi, your favorite tomato for pasta sauce); 1/2 c. roughly chopped Italian flat leaf parsley, 1 bay leaf (not California), pinch of dried oregano; Dried chili pepper to taste (I used 1 Thai chili, crushed between my fingers); Olive oil; Salt and ground black pepper to taste; Pasta (I prefer linguine fini for fish sauces.)

Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Spicy Maine Shrimp Sauce Over Pasta Recipe

1 generous or 2 small servings

Ingredients

Maine shrimp rinsed and patted dry, shells on (I used a 1/2 lb. for 1 generous serving since it was my first of the season.)
2 whole medium cloves of garlic, peeled
Canned tomatoes, roughly just under a 1/2 can or so (kitchen ready, strained Pomi, your favorite tomato for pasta sauce)
1/2 c. roughly chopped Italian flat leaf parsley, 1 bay leaf (not California), pinch of dried oregano
Dried chili pepper to taste (I used 1 Thai chili, crushed between my fingers)
Olive oil
Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Pasta (I prefer linguine fini for fish sauces.)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

701Calories

54 gProtein

29 gFat

55 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pasta	1 cup cooked (140g)	220
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Oregano	1 tsp dried (1.8g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Sauce	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.

Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together15,539 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tomato + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,767 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,184 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Garlic + oreganotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,756 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 (shrimp, garlic, tomato, parsley, oregano, pepper, olive):

Basilfits better
Thymefits better
Cuminfits better
Clovethe original

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

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