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Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo

Fettuccine tossed with a creamy and comforting, alfredo-like pumpkin sauce, rosemary, Parmesan and spices. You can make your own pumpkin purée (see notes for instructions) or, for a quick meal, use canned pumpkin purée. It’s great both ways!

By cookieandkate · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo

Why it works: Goat cheese and cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 79 recipes. Both carry 4-ethyloctanoic acid, which smells goaty, mutton. The science ↓

Pumpkin Fettuccine Alfredo

Serves 3
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1060Calories
45 gProtein
46 gFat
116 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Rosemary1 tsp dried (1.2g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Toppingnot 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 cookieandkate. 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. Goat cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyloctanoic acid (goaty, mutton).

  2. Garlic + rosemarytop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,180 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,418 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  4. Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  5. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

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

Swap the rosemary

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, butter, flour, garlic, milk, goat cheese, cheese):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Rosemarythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, butter, flour, garlic, milk, goat cheese, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.