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Nat and Darcy's Amazing Eggplant Lasagna

"We came up with this one as 'starving' university students looking for something easy and tasty that's NOT pasta. This lasagna is made with 3 cheeses and a sauce layered with eggplant 'noodles'. It worked out so well, it HAD to be made known to the rest of the world!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Nat and Darcy's Amazing Eggplant Lasagna

Why it works: Feta 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 60 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Nat and Darcy's Amazing Eggplant Lasagna

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

456Calories
28 gProtein
29 gFat
17 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
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Feta cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

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

  2. Eggplant + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,123 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Ricotta cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together371 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Eggplant + mozzarella cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together146 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  5. Eggplant + feta cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

Swap the eggplant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, feta cheese, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepper):

  1. Tomatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Eggplantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, feta cheese, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.