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Roast Squash, Sage, Chestnut & Pancetta Risotto

If I could pick a load of ingredients that just shout out 'Bonfire Night! Christmas! Cosy!' it would have to be all the ones in this risotto. It's so damn good — cook it whenever the ingredients are in season.

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Roast Squash, Sage, Chestnut & Pancetta Risotto

Why it works: Butternut squash and chestnut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Roast Squash, Sage, Chestnut & Pancetta Risotto

Serves 6

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

403Calories
12 gProtein
39 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 11 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mascarpone2 tbsp (28g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Sage1 tsp ground (0.7g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Chestnutnot 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 jamieoliver. 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. Butternut squash + chestnuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Butternut squash + sagetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together157 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Chestnut + sagetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together102 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Pepper + sagetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,388 recipes

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

  5. Butternut squash + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butternut squash, pepper, olive, chestnut, sage, cheese):

  1. Rosemaryfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butternut squash, pepper, olive, chestnut, sage, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.