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Fresh Semolina Fettucine

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Why it works: Semolina and pasta share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 27 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

Contains: wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By epicurious. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Semolina + pastatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Semolina + flourtop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together310 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Flour + pastatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together610 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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