Name: Crab Melt
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1/2 a pack of Seafood & Eat It White Crab; 1 Teaspoon of Dijon Mustard; 1 Tablespoon of Mascarpone cheese; 1 Red Chili, finely sliced; A small handful of chopped Coriander; Juice of 1/2 a Lime; 1 Ciabatta loaf, sliced; Grated Cheese (Gruyere is best); Black Pepper

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Crab Melt

Serves 2

Ingredients

1/2 a pack of Seafood & Eat It White Crab
1 Teaspoon of Dijon Mustard
1 Tablespoon of Mascarpone cheese
1 Red Chili, finely sliced
A small handful of chopped Coriander
Juice of 1/2 a Lime
1 Ciabatta loaf, sliced
Grated Cheese (Gruyere is best)
Black Pepper

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

473Calories

40 gProtein

33 gFat

8 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Mascarpone	2 tbsp (28g)	120
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Gruyere Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Coriander	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 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.

Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,536 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,491 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Coriander + peppertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,949 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Mustard + limetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together392 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Mustard + coriandertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together967 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (crab, cheese, coriander, lime, pepper):

Capsicumfits better
Mustardthe original
Tomatofits about as well
Lettucefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against crab, cheese, coriander, lime, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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