Name: Pasta with Peas Smoked Almonds and Dill
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 16 oz. small dry pasta (ditalini, macaroni); 10 oz. fresh or frozen sweet peas; 1/4 cup fresh chopped dill; 1 cup chopped green onion; 1 cup chopped smoked almonds; 1 lemon, zested and juiced; 5 Tb. olive oil; 2 Tb. dijon mustard; Salt and pepper

Why it works: Dill and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pasta with Peas Smoked Almonds and Dill

8 servings

Prep10 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

477Calories

15 gProtein

16 gFat

70 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pasta	1 cup cooked (140g)	220
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Green Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Almond	1 almond (1.2g)	7
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Macaroni	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 aspicyperspective. 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.

Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together976 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Dill + mustardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together560 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Pasta + mustardtop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together195 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Pasta + almondtop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together56 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Pasta + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,227 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, dill, onion, almond, lemon, olive, mustard):

Chickpeafits better
Lentilsfits better
Cashew nutfits better
Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, dill, onion, almond, lemon, olive, mustard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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