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Valentine's Fettuccini for Two

"Chicken and fettuccini in a creamy tomato basil sauce that is quick, easy, and impressive. It made my husband grunt like a caveman."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Valentine's Fettuccini for Two

Why it works: Olive and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Valentine's Fettuccini for Two

2 servings
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

754Calories
54 gProtein
36 gFat
53 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
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salad Dressingnot 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  5. Pasta + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together853 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, olive, chicken, vinegar, mushroom, tomato, cream cheese):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits about as well
  3. Basilthe original
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, olive, chicken, vinegar, mushroom, tomato, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.