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Fresh Tomato Pasta

Pep up this simple pasta dish with your favourites, a pinch of chilli, a few lardons or some extra veg

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Fresh Tomato Pasta

Why it works: Olive and lemon are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 11,922 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Fresh Tomato Pasta

Serves 4 with leftovers
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

443Calories
14 gProtein
22 gFat
54 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. 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. Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Olive + cherry tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Onion + cherry tomatotop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Cherry tomato + lemontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, cherry tomato, sugar, lemon):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Lettucefits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, cherry tomato, sugar, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.