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Peas & Spring Cabbage with Pancetta

Use frozen peas if you can't find fresh ones to make this handy side dish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Peas & Spring Cabbage with Pancetta

Why it works: Peas and cabbage work together. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 392 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Peas & Spring Cabbage with Pancetta

Serves 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

274Calories
11 gProtein
16 gFat
23 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)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. Peas + cabbagetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together392 recipes

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

  2. Cabbage + nutmegtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together187 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Butter + nutmegtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together24,377 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Peas + buttertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,887 recipes

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

  5. Peas + nutmegtop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together341 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the nutmeg

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (peas, butter, cabbage):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Mintfits better
  4. Nutmegthe original

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