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Pancetta and Pea Ravioli in Asiago Beurre Blanc

Handmade pancetta and pea ravioli are so special and they are easier to make than you would think. An acidic, cheesy Asiago beurre blanc is the perfect sauce! This is a big nod to my ravioli loving Nana Lulu, one of my two Nanas that my blog is dedicated to.

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Why it works: Parmesan cheese and cheese match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,040 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep2 hr
Cook20 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Parmesan cheese + cheesetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,040 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Olive + parmesan cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  4. Olive + peastop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,778 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

  5. Olive + cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,530 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, egg, olive, peas, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, cheese):

  1. Basilbetter flavor fit
  2. Oreganoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Thymeabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, egg, olive, peas, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, cheese. 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).