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Asparagus, Broad Bean & Smoked Salmon Pasta

A seasonal supper or lunch

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Asparagus, Broad Bean & Smoked Salmon Pasta

Why it works: Dill and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Asparagus, Broad Bean & Smoked Salmon Pasta

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

434Calories
25 gProtein
26 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 11 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Smoked Salmon100g cooked208
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Asparagus6 spears (90g)27
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vermouthnot in our table0
Broad Beannot in our table0
Beannot 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 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. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  2. Beans + asparagustop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

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

  3. Nutmeg + lemontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together11,318 recipes

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

  4. Lemon + asparagustop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together704 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 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 dill

The recipe marks dill as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, white wine, nutmeg, lemon, beans, asparagus):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, white wine, nutmeg, lemon, beans, asparagus. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.