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Scotto Cheese Lasagna

"Baked layers of pasta with ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses and rich Prego® Traditional Italian Sauce served with Pepperidge Farm® Mozzarella Garlic Bread. Pair with a tricolor salad (arugula, radicchio and endive) with balsamic vinaigrette. For dessert serve biscotti and espresso. "

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Scotto Cheese Lasagna

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,093 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Scotto Cheese Lasagna

8 servings
Prep15 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

906Calories
47 gProtein
30 gFat
104 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Saucenot in our table0
Lasagnanot 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. Mozzarella cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,093 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  3. Ricotta cheese + parmesan cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together449 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Mozzarella cheese + garlictop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ricotta cheese, egg, sauce, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, bread):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Garlicthe original

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