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Pasta with Parsley & Hazelnut Pesto

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Pasta with Parsley & Hazelnut Pesto

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Pasta with Parsley & Hazelnut Pesto

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

242Calories
11 gProtein
21 gFat
5 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Hazelnutnot 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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,922 recipes

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

  4. Hazelnut + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together290 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Parsley + hazelnuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together74 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the hazelnut

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

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Hazelnutthe original

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