Why it works: Pasta and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 67 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓
Beet Pasta with Pistachios
Serves 6Ingredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pasta | 1 cup cooked (140g) | 220 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Beet | 1/2 cup (85g) | 35 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Topping | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Pasta + shallottop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together67 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Pasta + wheattop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together130 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Clove + shallottop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,677 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Pasta + olivetop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together2,227 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Pasta + flourtop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together659 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the clove
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, wheat, flour, egg, olive, butter, shallot):
- Capersfits better
- Parsleyfits better
- Turmericfits better
- Clovethe original
Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, wheat, flour, egg, olive, butter, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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