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Orecchiette with Butter-Braised Nettles

Nettles are now available at many farmers’ markets come spring, so you can prepare this dish, which hails from the Italian countryside, in your own kitchen. They really do sting, so handle nettles with gloves. A quick dip in boiling water takes the sting out, though, and they are worth that little bit of trouble.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and romano cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 130 recipes mention both. Both carry gamma-decalactone, which smells peach, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Butter + romano cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + pastatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,077 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  4. Garlic + romano cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together261 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 recipes

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

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