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Vegetarian Four Cheese Lasagna

"This is a mouth tingling recipe with ricotta, feta, eggplant, tomato, pesto, pumpkin, Parmesan and mozzarella."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Vegetarian Four Cheese Lasagna

Why it works: Eggplant and tomato work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 651 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Vegetarian Four Cheese Lasagna

1 - 9x13 dish
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

843Calories
51 gProtein
40 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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. Eggplant + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

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

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Tomato + feta cheesetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together828 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Pumpkin + eggplanttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the pumpkin

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

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Cherryfits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

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