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Turkey Lasagna with Bechamel

Simple lasagna with ground turkey, turkey sausage and a delicious bechamel sauce that puts it over the top!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Turkey Lasagna with Bechamel

Why it works: Pasta and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 732 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Turkey Lasagna with Bechamel

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook45 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1821Calories
122 gProtein
72 gFat
159 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Lasagnanot in our table0
Saucenot 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. Pasta + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together732 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Pasta + parmesan cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Parmesan cheese + buttertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,163 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Ricotta cheese + parmesan cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together449 recipes

    Shared aroma: myrcene (balsamic, herbaceous).

  5. Turkey + buttertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,592 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, pasta, sauce, ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese, butter):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Nutmegfits about as well
  3. Parsleythe original
  4. Sagefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, pasta, sauce, ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.