Why it works: Asparagus and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,096 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Ravioli Con LA Trota
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the dough and filling
To prepare fresh pasta dough, add eggs, flour and 20ml of oil and mix until it forms a smooth but thick dough.
Mix ricotta cheese, ocean trout and mint leaves (don't add salt) and keep it separate.
Shape the ravioli
Spread out a very thin layer of dough and then cut it into seven centimetre triangular shaped pieces.
Fill the pieces with the ricotta mixture and close the ravioli pasta.
Leave it for ten minutes, then soak it in boiling water for 2-3 minutes and remove it.
Make the sauce and serve
To prepare the ravioli sauce, pan-fry the finely chopped onions in olive oil.
Add diced asparagus, fresh tomato, and salt and pepper.
Mix the ravioli into the sauce and drizzle it with the remaining olive oil.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Ricotta Cheese | 1/2 cup (124g) part-skim | 174 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Asparagus | 6 spears (90g) | 27 |
| Trout | not in our table | 0 |
| Peppermint | 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.
Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.
Explore the science
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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Asparagus + olivetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,096 recipes
Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together29,779 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Asparagus + oniontop 9% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,212 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Mint + olivetop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,240 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Asparagus + flourtop 12% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together936 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- Eggs
- Bind the flour and add richness and structure to the fresh pasta dough.
- Flour
- Forms the gluten network that gives the pasta dough its structure and chewiness.
- Ricotta cheese
- Adds moisture and a creamy texture to the filling.
- Smoked ocean trout
- Provides the smoky, savoury flavour at the centre of the filling.
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Adds fat and flavour to the sauce and carries the onion aroma.
- Onions
- Pan-frying softens them and builds a sweet, savoury aroma for the sauce.
The step that matters
Boil the ravioli for only 2-3 minutes. Fresh pasta is thin and cooks quickly. Overcooking makes it soft and waterlogged, and it can tear open and release the filling.
Swap the mint
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ricotta cheese, egg, asparagus, flour, olive, onion):
- Capersfits better
- Garlicfits better
- Parsleyfits better
- Mintthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against ricotta cheese, egg, asparagus, flour, olive, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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