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Ann's Neptune's Delight

"A delicious dish....great for a dinner party!!!"

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Ann's Neptune's Delight

Why it works: Garlic and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,308 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Ann's Neptune's Delight

6 servings
Prep5 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

843Calories
48 gProtein
26 gFat
98 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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

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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. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

  2. Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + parmesan cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Parmesan cheese + sherrytop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

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

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, cream, parmesan cheese, sherry, shrimp, garlic):

  1. Capersfits about as well
  2. Parsleythe original
  3. Thymefits about as well
  4. Jalapenofits about as well

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