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Cheesy Pumpkin Pasta Bake

Rigatoni noodles, covered in creamy pumpkin mixture, and enveloped with ricotta and mozzarella cheeses, creates this delectable Cheesy Pumpkin Pasta Bake.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Cheesy Pumpkin Pasta Bake

Why it works: Garlic and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Cheesy Pumpkin Pasta Bake

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

904Calories
45 gProtein
45 gFat
76 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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 + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Nutmeg + thymetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Garlic + thymetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,608 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Pasta + nutmegtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together119 recipes

    Shared aroma: maltol (caramel, sweet).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, butter, garlic, onion, nutmeg, thyme, ricotta cheese):

  1. Lemonfits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, butter, garlic, onion, nutmeg, thyme, ricotta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.