Name: Griddled Courgette & Seafood Lasagne
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 tsp oil; 4 courgettes , sliced lengthways; 1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped; ½ x 680ml jar passata with onion and garlic; 400g bag seafood mix , defrosted if frozen; 4 fresh lasagne sheets, halved; 3 tbsp grated Parmesan; 3 tbsp dried breadcrumbs; 350g green beans , to serve

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Griddled Courgette & Seafood Lasagne

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

1 tsp oil
4 courgettes , sliced lengthways
1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
½ x 680ml jar passata with onion and garlic
400g bag seafood mix , defrosted if frozen
4 fresh lasagne sheets, halved
3 tbsp grated Parmesan
3 tbsp dried breadcrumbs
350g green beans , to serve

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

763Calories

25 gProtein

22 gFat

113 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4

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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + green beanstop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together197 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Onion + green beanstop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together334 recipes

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

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic):

Chivefits better
Broccolifits better
Okrafits better
Green beansthe original

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

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