Name: Pasta, Chicken & Dolcelatte
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 400g fresh Tagliatelle; 350g chicken breast, boneless and skinless cut into thin strips; 200g Dolcelatte cheese, cut into chunks; 50ml dry white wine; 150ml double cream; 3 tablespoons of chopped flat leaves parsley; 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika; 2 tablespoons of olive oil; Salt to taste

Why it works: Parsley and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,649 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Pasta, Chicken & Dolcelatte

Serves 4

Ingredients

400g fresh Tagliatelle
350g chicken breast, boneless and skinless cut into thin strips
200g Dolcelatte cheese, cut into chunks
50ml dry white wine
150ml double cream
3 tablespoons of chopped flat leaves parsley
1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
2 tablespoons of olive oil
Salt to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

474Calories

38 gProtein

32 gFat

2 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,649 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Chicken + olivetop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,888 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).
Cheese + olivetop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,802 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Cheese + white winetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together345 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
White wine + olivetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,949 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

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

Swap the parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, cheese, white wine, cream, olive):

Garlicfits better
Thymefits better
Rosemaryfits better
Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, cheese, white wine, cream, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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