Name: Maccaroni, Tuith Tomato Sauce
Ingredients: Maccaroni; Whole pepper; Cream; Thick tomato sauce; Cheese

Why it works: Pepper and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 17,923 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Maccaroni, Tuith Tomato Sauce

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the maccaroni until tender.
In a saucepan, add whole pepper and cream, then stir together.
When the cheese forms threads, place the maccaroni on a hot dish and remove the onion.
Pour thick tomato sauce over the maccaroni and serve.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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.

Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together17,923 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cream + saucetop 9% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together4,787 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Tomato + cheesetop 13% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,896 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Tomato + saucetop 15% of all pairs

Aroma overlaplow

Mentioned together5,469 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + cheesetop 15% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together2,655 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).