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Bacon Pasta Casserole Recipe

A savory blend of flavors, with a good balance among the smokiness of the bacon, the sharpness of the cheese and the creaminess of the sauce. Good for a main...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Chive and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,633 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Bacon Pasta Casserole Recipe

6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

796Calories
64 gProtein
54 gFat
6 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Soupnot in our table0
Waternot 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 chow. 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. Chive + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Olive + chickentop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,888 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid hexyl ester (sweet, green).

  3. Chive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,885 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

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

  5. Olive + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,802 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (egg, pepper, olive, cream, chicken, sherry, cheese):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against egg, pepper, olive, cream, chicken, sherry, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.