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Johnsonville Italian All Natural Ground Sausage Lasagna

"This easy-to-make lasagna has all the classic flavors of Italian-seasoned sausage, ricotta cheese, and fresh spinach, plus plenty of gooey mozzarella cheese."

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Johnsonville Italian All Natural Ground Sausage Lasagna

Why it works: Pasta and spinach 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 ↓

Johnsonville Italian All Natural Ground Sausage Lasagna

1 9x13-inch pan
Prep15 min
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1023Calories
56 gProtein
57 gFat
65 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sausage100g cooked301
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Lasagnanot in our table0
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.

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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. Pasta + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together376 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Garlic + pastatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  5. Onion + spinachtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,336 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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 (garlic, pasta, sauce, ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese, spinach):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, pasta, sauce, ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese, spinach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.