Name: Whole Wheat Fettuccine with Chard
Ingredients: 1 Tbs. olive oil; 6 oz. pancetta or bacon, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 3/4 lb. Swiss chard, ribs removed, leaves cut crosswise into thin strips; 3/4 cup chicken broth; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 3/4 lb. whole wheat fettuccine or linguine; 4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into chunks, at room temperature; 1/4 lb. mild Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

Why it works: Garlic and chard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 246 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Whole Wheat Fettuccine with Chard

Ingredients

1 Tbs. olive oil
6 oz. pancetta or bacon, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 lb. Swiss chard, ribs removed, leaves cut crosswise into thin strips
3/4 cup chicken broth
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
3/4 lb. whole wheat fettuccine or linguine
4 Tbs. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into chunks, at room temperature
1/4 lb. mild Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

552Calories

42 gProtein

41 gFat

3 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Swiss Chard	not in our table	0
Wheat	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By williamssonoma. 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.

Garlic + chardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together246 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together320 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Olive + wheattop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,100 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, chard, chicken, pepper, wheat, butter):

Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
Capersfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, chard, chicken, pepper, wheat, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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