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Spicy Brunch Lasagna

"This make-ahead egg casserole features lasagna noodles, Classico® Four Cheese Alfredo pasta sauce and hash brown potatoes, making it great for brunch or a simple dinner."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Spicy Brunch Lasagna

Why it works: Onion and chive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,907 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Spicy Brunch Lasagna

16 servings
Prep40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1222Calories
61 gProtein
73 gFat
80 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sausage100g cooked301
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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.

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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. Onion + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Onion + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Chive + carrottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together419 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cottage cheese, onion, chive, egg, milk, pepper, butter):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cottage cheese, onion, chive, egg, milk, pepper, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.