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Penne with Chorizo & Broccoli

Fuse Italian pasta with spicy, Spanish paprika sausage in this midweek supper with greens and cream cheese

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Penne with Chorizo & Broccoli

Why it works: Broccoli and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,072 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Penne with Chorizo & Broccoli

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

295Calories
17 gProtein
18 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Seednot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Broccoli + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,072 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Clove + fenneltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Broccoli + fenneltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together76 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + fenneltop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together969 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the fennel

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (broccoli, garlic, clove, cream cheese):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Fennelthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against broccoli, garlic, clove, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.