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Sour Cream Noodle Bake

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By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Sour Cream Noodle Bake

Why it works: Cottage cheese and cheddar cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 191 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Sour Cream Noodle Bake

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

705Calories
70 gProtein
35 gFat
25 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22

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

By tastykitchen. 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 + cheddar cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together191 recipes

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

  2. Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

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

  3. Sauce + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,787 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Tomato + cheddar cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,865 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + cottage cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, sauce, egg, cottage cheese, cream, cheddar cheese):

  1. Chivefits about as well
  2. Potatofits about as well
  3. Onionfits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

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