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Skillet Lasagna

A fun way to serve up lasagna—in a pan!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Skillet Lasagna

Why it works: Garlic and kale match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 490 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Skillet Lasagna

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

917Calories
67 gProtein
61 gFat
23 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
Pork100g cooked242
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Romano Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Kale1 cup chopped (67g)33
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Lasagnanot 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 tastykitchen. 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. Garlic + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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 (olive, garlic, kale, tomato, sauce, basil, pepper):

  1. Oreganofits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, kale, tomato, sauce, basil, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.