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Spinach and Roasted Red Pepper Lasagna

Homemade lasagna always draws raves, particularly this layering of garlic-infused spinach, sweet roasted bell peppers and creamy cheeses. While vegetarians feast, meat eaters will barely notice that the dish is meatless. This recipe lets you skip the step of boiling the lasagna noodles, while letting you use the real thing, rather than the thin, precooked kind. The secret is using lots of moist sauce that cooks the noodles while the lasagna bakes.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Spinach and Roasted Red Pepper Lasagna

Why it works: Nutmeg and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,686 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Spinach and Roasted Red Pepper Lasagna

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

817Calories
44 gProtein
52 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 19 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cloves1 tsp ground (2g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Lasagnanot 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 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.

  1. Nutmeg + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,686 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, nutmeg, ginger, clove, olive, onion, garlic):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, nutmeg, ginger, clove, olive, onion, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.