Name: Creamy Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Broccoli Recipe
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 pound uncooked sweet Italian chicken or turkey sausage , casings removed; 1 medium yellow onion , medium dice; Kosher salt; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 pound broccoli , stemmed and cut into 1-inch florets; 1 pound fusilli or other short pasta; 3/4 cup heavy cream; 1/2 cup tightly packed, finely grated Parmesan cheese (about 1 1/2 ounces), plus more for serving

Why it works: Broccoli and pasta match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 286 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Creamy Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Broccoli Recipe

6 to 8 servings

Cook45 min

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound uncooked sweet Italian chicken or turkey sausage , casings removed
1 medium yellow onion , medium dice
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 pound broccoli , stemmed and cut into 1-inch florets
1 pound fusilli or other short pasta
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup tightly packed, finely grated Parmesan cheese (about 1 1/2 ounces), plus more for serving

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1012Calories

82 gProtein

46 gFat

67 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pork	100g cooked	242
Pasta	1 cup cooked (140g)	220
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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.

Broccoli + pastatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together286 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Olive + pastatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,227 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Onion + broccolitop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,294 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Olive + broccolitop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,460 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).
Pasta + parmesan cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,289 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, chicken, pepper, broccoli, pasta, cream, parmesan cheese):

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Asparagusfits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, chicken, pepper, broccoli, pasta, cream, parmesan cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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