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Italian Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 21 ingredients
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Italian Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe

Why it works: Pasta and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,079 recipes. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

Italian Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe

Prep10 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1562Calories
62 gProtein
76 gFat
156 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Wheatnot 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.

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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. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Wheat + pastatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together130 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Pasta + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  5. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

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 (wheat, pasta, butter, flour, garlic, milk, cream cheese):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Jalapenofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, pasta, butter, flour, garlic, milk, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.