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Cook the Book: Spaghetti with Sardinian Bottarga

By seriouseats · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Cook the Book: Spaghetti with Sardinian Bottarga

Why it works: Lemon and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 11,922 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Cook the Book: Spaghetti with Sardinian Bottarga

Serves 4

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By seriouseats. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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