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Stuffed Italian Meatballs

Stuffed Italian Meatballs with gooey mozzarella cheese centers.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Stuffed Italian Meatballs

Why it works: Potato and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,517 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Stuffed Italian Meatballs

Serves 5
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

570Calories
44 gProtein
26 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Flaxseednot 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. Potato + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Flaxseed + garlictop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together32 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  3. Potato + flaxseedtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Potato + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,978 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Flaxseed + eggtop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the flaxseed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, egg, garlic):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Peanutfits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Flaxseedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, egg, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.