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Tagliatelle with Asparagus, Crispy Pancetta & Parmesan

A great dish packed with earthy flavours that the whole family will love – and it's quick and easy, too!

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Asparagus and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,027 recipes mention both. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Asparagus + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Asparagus + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,968 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Pepper + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  4. Asparagus + eggtop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,290 recipes

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

  5. Egg + olivetop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together12,307 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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