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Swiss Chard Stuffed Shells Recipe

Chard adds a touch of sweetness and earthiness to this classic baked pasta dish.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Swiss Chard Stuffed Shells Recipe

Why it works: Pasta and chard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Swiss Chard Stuffed Shells Recipe

4 servings
Cook1 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

586Calories
26 gProtein
28 gFat
58 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Swiss Chardnot 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. Pasta + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + chardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together246 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

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

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

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