Name: Creamy Romano Chicken Farro
Yield: 6 Servings
Ingredients: 8.8 ounces Farro, I used the 10 minute Farro from Trader Joes; 4 tablespoons unsalted butter; 4 tablespoons Gold Medal all purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 cups milk, I used unsweetened almond milk which works great too; 1 cup freshly grated Romano Cheese; 1/2 pound steamed asparagus, cut into 1 inch pieces; 1 1/2 cups cooked shredded chicken

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

6 Servings

Ingredients

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

8.8 ounces Farro, I used the 10 minute Farro from Trader Joes
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 tablespoons Gold Medal all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups milk, I used unsweetened almond milk which works great too
1 cup freshly grated Romano Cheese
1/2 pound steamed asparagus, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 1/2 cups cooked shredded chicken

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By pickypalate. 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.

Butter + romano cheesetop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together130 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
Butter + milktop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together81,222 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Flour + almondtop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together8,450 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Asparagus + chickentop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together539 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
Butter + almondtop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together9,198 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, flour, pepper, milk, romano cheese, asparagus, chicken):

Beansbetter flavor fit
Peasbetter flavor fit
Lima beansabout as good a flavor fit
Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, flour, pepper, milk, romano cheese, asparagus, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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