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Tuscan Kale and White Bean Cannelloni Recipe

Traditionally, cannelloni are filled with cheese, cheese, and more cheese. For me, though, whenever I see a recipe like that I always want to figure out how to get some vegetables into the dish.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Shallot and kale share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 42 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Tuscan Kale and White Bean Cannelloni Recipe

4 people
Prep1 hr
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1112Calories
49 gProtein
49 gFat
120 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
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Kale1 cup chopped (67g)33
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot in our table0
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 lovefood. 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. Shallot + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together42 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + kaletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Kale + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together92 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, pepper, kale, milk, cream, beans):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, pepper, kale, milk, cream, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.