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Smokey Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

This smokey roasted red pepper pasta is just so incredibly delicious. Best of all, you can have it made and on the table in 20 minutes! I used quinoa fusilli to make this a gluten-free wonder, but you can use any short, dry pasta you have on hand.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Smokey Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Smokey Roasted Red Pepper Pasta

Serves 6
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1108Calories
65 gProtein
67 gFat
59 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
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

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

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Garlic + shallottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Olive + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, pepper, clove, garlic, shallot, pine, chicken):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, pepper, clove, garlic, shallot, pine, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.