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Macaroni with Four Cheeses

"This is a great recipe for cheese and/or macaroni lovers! It's really easy to make and it's really yummy. My children love it! You can add salami, but then leave out the garlic."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Macaroni with Four Cheeses

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Macaroni with Four Cheeses

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

797Calories
31 gProtein
65 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Halloumi1 oz (28g)110
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mint2 tbsp fresh (3g)2
Macaroninot 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 allrecipes. 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Feta cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together113 recipes

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

  4. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  5. Sunflower + tomatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together404 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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 (feta cheese, halloumi, cheese, sunflower, onion, garlic, tomato):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against feta cheese, halloumi, cheese, sunflower, onion, garlic, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.