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Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Whiskey Cream Sauce

By aspicyperspective · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Whiskey Cream Sauce

Why it works: Butternut squash and shallot share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Whiskey Cream Sauce

4-6 servings
Prep1 hr
Cook55 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1039Calories
63 gProtein
35 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot 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 aspicyperspective. 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. Butternut squash + shallottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Butternut squash + nutmegtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together116 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Butternut squash + flourtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together214 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Nutmeg + shallottop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,019 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Flour + shallottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,081 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, parmesan cheese, pepper, egg, flour, butter, shallot):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Parsleyfits about as well
  3. Nutmegthe original
  4. Tarragonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, parmesan cheese, pepper, egg, flour, butter, shallot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.