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Ultimate Bolognese Sauce

Ultimate Bolognese Recipe by Heston - Not the easiest, but certainly the best!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Ultimate Bolognese Sauce

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1013Calories
65 gProtein
64 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Peanut Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Star Anisenot in our table0
Vealnot 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. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Clove + star anisetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together206 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Star anise + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

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

  5. Peanut + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, onion, clove, garlic, star anise, carrot, celery):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, onion, clove, garlic, star anise, carrot, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.