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Crab Pitas

"This creamy crab and cream cheese filling is nestled in miniature pita pockets. The filling can be made a day in advance so that you can simply stuff the pita pockets just before serving. Possible garnishes include thin slices of cucumber, carrot curls, or Italian parsley."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Crab Pitas

Why it works: Onion and pita bread work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 136 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Crab Pitas

24 servings
Prep5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

222Calories
6 gProtein
11 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Pita Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Onion1 medium (110g)44

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

By allrecipes. 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. Onion + pita breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together136 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Cream cheese + oniontop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,097 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  3. Cream cheese + pita breadtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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 (cream cheese, pita bread):

  1. Cucumberfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, pita bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.