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Sausage and Leek Mac & Cheese with Asiago and Parmesan

By whatsgabycooking · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Leek and pasta share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Sausage and Leek Mac & Cheese with Asiago and Parmesan

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

914Calories
78 gProtein
38 gFat
56 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Chicken100g cooked165
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot 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 whatsgabycooking. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

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. Leek + pastatop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. White wine + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,083 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Chicken + leektop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together165 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  4. Chicken + pastatop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,024 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Leek + peppertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together965 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the leek

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, white wine, butter, pepper, pasta):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Leekthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, white wine, butter, pepper, pasta. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.