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Spaghetti Bread

"A fun twist on spaghetti and meatballs that's sure to be kid-friendly!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Spaghetti Bread

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and butter work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 547 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Spaghetti Bread

1 pizza roll
Prep20 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

187Calories
6 gProtein
18 gFat
1 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 6 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Meatballnot 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. Mozzarella cheese + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together547 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Mozzarella cheese + garlictop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Sauce + buttertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together15,338 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Sauce + mozzarella cheesetop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together804 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanoic acid (soapy, waxy).

  5. Sauce + garlictop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together5,007 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Sauce and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 15,338 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sauce, mozzarella cheese, butter):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Basilfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against sauce, mozzarella cheese, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.