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Vegetarian Butternut Squash and Swiss Chard Polenta Lasagna Recipe

A vegetarian lasagna recipe made with butternut squash, Swiss chard, herbed ricotta, and Gruyère cheese and instead of pasta noodles, it's layered with polenta.

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Vegetarian Butternut Squash and Swiss Chard Polenta Lasagna Recipe

Why it works: Shallot and butternut squash share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Vegetarian Butternut Squash and Swiss Chard Polenta Lasagna Recipe

6 to 8 servings
Cook2 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

723Calories
34 gProtein
47 gFat
35 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Swiss Chardnot 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 chow. 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. Shallot + butternut squashtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Rosemary + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,340 recipes

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

  3. Shallot + thymetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,476 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Rosemary + butternut squashtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together88 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Olive + rosemarytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,590 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, rosemary, thyme, milk, butternut squash, pepper, cheese):

  1. Potatofits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Tomatofits about as well
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, rosemary, thyme, milk, butternut squash, pepper, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.