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Basil Gnocchi with Simple Tomato Sauce and Wild Rocket

Home-made gnocchi are truly delicious and much easier to prepare than you might imagine. However shop-bought, vacuum-packed ones are fine to serve with a simple sauce like this if you're short of time.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Basil Gnocchi with Simple Tomato Sauce and Wild Rocket

Why it works: Rosemary and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 352 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Basil Gnocchi with Simple Tomato Sauce and Wild Rocket

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

660Calories
19 gProtein
2 gFat
142 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 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 bbcfood. 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. Rosemary + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together352 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + basiltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,805 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Garlic + potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,517 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, garlic, rosemary, potato, basil, flour, pepper):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Spinachfits better
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, garlic, rosemary, potato, basil, flour, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.