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Easy Stuffed Zucchini

"Fresh out of the oven...zucchini packed full of meat, sauce and cheese makes a delicious dish!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Easy Stuffed Zucchini

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Easy Stuffed Zucchini

4 servings
Prep20 min
Cook50 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

924Calories
56 gProtein
30 gFat
101 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Saucenot in our table0

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. Parmesan cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + mozzarella cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,773 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, bread, garlic, sauce, olive, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, bread, garlic, sauce, olive, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.