Name: Plump Pea Dumpling Recipe
Yield: Makes about 4 dozen dumplings.
Ingredients: 2 cups (about 10 ounces) cups peas (freshly shelled or frozen); 2/3 cup ricotta cheese; 2 tablespoons olive oil; scant 1/2 tea spoon fine grain sea salt; 1 small shallot, minced; 1/3 cup grated Parmesan; zest of one large lemon; 1 package of wonton wrappers, or round wrappers; special equipment: bamboo steamer (or see head notes for alternative cooking method)

Why it works: Peas and shallot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 173 recipes. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Plump Pea Dumpling Recipe

Makes about 4 dozen dumplings.

Ingredients

2 cups (about 10 ounces) cups peas (freshly shelled or frozen)
2/3 cup ricotta cheese
2 tablespoons olive oil
scant 1/2 tea spoon fine grain sea salt
1 small shallot, minced
1/3 cup grated Parmesan
zest of one large lemon
1 package of wonton wrappers, or round wrappers
special equipment: bamboo steamer (or see head notes for alternative cooking method)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

484Calories

26 gProtein

31 gFat

23 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Ricotta Cheese	1/2 cup (124g) part-skim	174
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Tea	not in our table	0
Wonton Wrapper	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By 101cookbooks. 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.

Peas + shallottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together173 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).
Shallot + lemontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,523 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Olive + lemontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,922 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Tea + lemontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together610 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
Peas + olivetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,066 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-hex-3-en-1-ol (freshly cut grass green and herbaceous notes).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ricotta cheese, olive, tea, shallot, lemon, wonton wrapper):

Beansfits better
Sesamefits better
Chestnutfits better
Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ricotta cheese, olive, tea, shallot, lemon, wonton wrapper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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