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Sardine & Anchovy Pasta Sauce

Very easy, super quick and extremely tasty

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Tomato and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 15,539 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Sardine & Anchovy Pasta Sauce

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1028Calories
79 gProtein
44 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Anchovy100g210
Sardine100g canned drained208
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Capers1 tbsp (9g) drained2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Sunflower Oilnot 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. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

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

  3. Capers + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

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

  5. Sunflower + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together698 recipes

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

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

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, anchovy, tomato, capers, olive, basil, onion):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, anchovy, tomato, capers, olive, basil, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.