Name: Lemon-Pepper Buttered Egg Noodles
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon Salt (for Boiling Egg Noodles); 1 package (8 Oz. Size) Thin Egg Noodles (I Use Mueller's Brand But Any Will Work); ½ sticks Sweet Cream Butter, Softened; 1 whole Lemon (for Zest And Juice); 1-½ teaspoon Black Pepper; 1 Tablespoon Fresh Chopped Parsley, For Garnish

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lemon-Pepper Buttered Egg Noodles

Serves 4

Prep5 min

Cook10 min

Ingredients

1 Tablespoon Salt (for Boiling Egg Noodles)
1 package (8 Oz. Size) Thin Egg Noodles (I Use Mueller's Brand But Any Will Work)
½ sticks Sweet Cream Butter, Softened
1 whole Lemon (for Zest And Juice)
1-½ teaspoon Black Pepper
1 Tablespoon Fresh Chopped Parsley, For Garnish

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

250Calories

8 gProtein

22 gFat

6 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 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.

Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34,122 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together27,047 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + parsleytop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together28,563 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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