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Lisa's Macaroni and Cheese

"I use three kinds of cheese to make this rich, baked macaroni and cheese. My husband considers it a special treat, and my six-year old son especially likes the 'stringy cheese'! The shape of the baking pan will affect the outcome. I like lots of 'crunchy stuff,' so prefer a long, shallow pan. A deeper, narrower pan will yield more of the soft 'insides.'"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Lisa's Macaroni and Cheese

Why it works: Swiss cheese and mozzarella cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Lisa's Macaroni and Cheese

1 - 9x13 inch dish
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

606Calories
30 gProtein
43 gFat
26 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macaroninot 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. Swiss cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

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

  2. Swiss cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together80 recipes

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

  3. Mozzarella cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together271 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,308 recipes

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

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (swiss cheese, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, milk, onion, garlic):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against swiss cheese, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, milk, onion, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.