Name: Coral Pasta with Lobster in Creamy Herbed Lemon Sauce Recipe
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 – 2 lb. live lobster, cooked and chopped into bite size pieces saving claws; 1/4 cup of butter; 1 shallot minced; 1/4 cup of vodka; 1/4 cup of milk; 1 – 5.2 oz. container of Boursin Brand Shallot and Chive Spread; 1 tablespoon of lemon infused olive oil; 1 – 8.8 oz. box of Torinio brand Corals Pasta from Italy; 1 – 4 oz. jar of black caviar

Why it works: Shallot and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 450 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Coral Pasta with Lobster in Creamy Herbed Lemon Sauce Recipe

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 – 2 lb. live lobster, cooked and chopped into bite size pieces saving claws
1/4 cup of butter
1 shallot minced
1/4 cup of vodka
1/4 cup of milk
1 – 5.2 oz. container of Boursin Brand Shallot and Chive Spread
1 tablespoon of lemon infused olive oil
1 – 8.8 oz. box of Torinio brand Corals Pasta from Italy
1 – 4 oz. jar of black caviar

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

709Calories

41 gProtein

35 gFat

61 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 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
Pasta	1 cup cooked (140g)	220
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1
Vodka	not in our table	0
Spread	not in our table	0
Caviar	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.

Shallot + chivetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together450 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,523 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Chive + lemontop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,122 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Vodka + spreadtop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lobster, butter, vodka, milk, chive, spread, lemon):

Horseradishfits about as well
Potatofits about as well
Cucumberfits about as well
Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lobster, butter, vodka, milk, chive, spread, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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