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Zucchini Casserole III

"This is very delicious! I like to use fresh vegetables from the market when I make this. It has a juice after it's cooked that is great for dipping bread into."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Zucchini Casserole III

Why it works: Cottage 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 96 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Zucchini Casserole III

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

378Calories
27 gProtein
20 gFat
23 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16

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. Cottage cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together96 recipes

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

  2. Cottage cheese + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together191 recipes

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

  3. Cheddar cheese + mozzarella cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together271 recipes

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

  4. Tomato + mozzarella cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,577 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Cucumberfits about as well
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.