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Sausage and Zucchini Over Parmesan Polenta

This is a quick, yet delicious weeknight meal with Italian sausage and zucchini in red sauce over a bed of Parmesan polenta. The more Parmesan the better!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Sausage and Zucchini Over Parmesan Polenta

Why it works: Cucumber and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,405 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Sausage and Zucchini Over Parmesan Polenta

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

390Calories
39 gProtein
22 gFat
9 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Waternot 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. Cucumber + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,405 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Parmesan cheese + tomatotop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,490 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pork + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,843 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Parmesan cheese + porktop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,300 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Parmesan cheese + cucumbertop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together463 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

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

Swap the cucumber

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (parmesan cheese, pork, tomato):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Asparagusfits better
  4. Cucumberthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against parmesan cheese, pork, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.