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Mom's Classic Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

This creamy, savoury delight has been my family's all-time favourite comfort food for almost 30 years. My mom used to serve it on Hallowe'en night before we...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cheddar cheese and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,964 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Mom's Classic Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

2-4 servings, depending on hunger level

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

383Calories
24 gProtein
26 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Macaroninot 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 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.

  1. Cheddar cheese + milktop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,964 recipes

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

  2. Egg + milktop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together88,785 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Cheddar cheese + eggtop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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