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Spring-into-summer Pasta

Can't wait for summer? This pasta recipe is fresh and simple, and will remind you of balmy evenings...

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Spring-into-summer Pasta

Why it works: Peas and mint are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,137 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Spring-into-summer Pasta

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

248Calories
16 gProtein
10 gFat
21 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Peppermintnot 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. Peas + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

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

  3. Peas + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,005 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

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

  1. Limefits about as well
  2. Raspberryfits about as well
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Pumpkinfits less well

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