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Fettuccine in Creamy Mushroom and Sage Sauce

"A yummy, very quick and easy vegetarian dish. On the table in 30 minutes."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Fettuccine in Creamy Mushroom and Sage Sauce

Why it works: Spinach and pasta match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 376 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Fettuccine in Creamy Mushroom and Sage Sauce

2 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

512Calories
22 gProtein
23 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Oyster6 medium (84g)81
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Spinach + pastatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together376 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Pasta + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together67 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Shallot + oyster mushroomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  5. Spinach + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together198 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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 (spinach, pasta, olive, shallot, garlic, oyster mushroom, cream):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against spinach, pasta, olive, shallot, garlic, oyster mushroom, cream. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.