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Spaghetti with Swiss Chard and Garlic Chips

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By smittenkitchen · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Spaghetti with Swiss Chard and Garlic Chips

Why it works: Garlic and chard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 246 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Spaghetti with Swiss Chard and Garlic Chips

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

346Calories
9 gProtein
24 gFat
28 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Swiss Chardnot in our table0
Waternot 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 smittenkitchen. 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. Garlic + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Olive + chardtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together320 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Onion + chardtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together267 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the currant

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, garlic, clove, onion, chard):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Currantthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, garlic, clove, onion, chard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.