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Creamy Primavera Tortellini

"Cheese tortellini are served in a creamy sauce with peas and crisp tender yellow pepper and fresh asparagus."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Creamy Primavera Tortellini

Why it works: Peas and asparagus match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 808 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Creamy Primavera Tortellini

4 (1 1/2-cup) servings
Prep25 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Peas + asparagustop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together808 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Cheese + cream cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Asparagus + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together606 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,090 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cheese, peas, asparagus, pepper, garlic, cream cheese):

  1. Thymebetter flavor fit
  2. Tarragonbetter flavor fit
  3. Dillbetter flavor fit
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cheese, peas, asparagus, pepper, garlic, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).