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Spaghetti with Walnuts, Raisins & Parsley

Use up leftover Christmas fruit and nuts in this superhealthy and super quick meal

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Spaghetti with Walnuts, Raisins & Parsley

Why it works: Olive and parsley 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 ↓

Spaghetti with Walnuts, Raisins & Parsley

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

527Calories
44 gProtein
27 gFat
28 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

  2. Olive + walnuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Walnut + parsleytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together865 recipes

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

  4. Olive + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  5. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

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

Swap the raisin

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

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

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