Name: Angel Hair De LA Mer
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) package angel hair pasta; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 2 (4 ounce) links sweet Italian sausage links, cut into 1/2 inch slices; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 small sweet onion, diced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 orange bell pepper, diced; 1 (16 ounce) package frozen stir-fry vegetables, thawed; 1 tablespoon sea salt; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 15 middleneck clams, scrubbed; 1/2 pound mussels, scrubbed and debearded; 1/2 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp; 1/2 pound bay scallops; 1 tablespoon dried parsley; 2 tablespoons butter

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,058 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,079 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together17,451 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Pasta + olivetop 5% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,227 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, olive, butter, onion, clove, garlic, pepper):

Avocadobetter flavor fit
Limebetter flavor fit
Lemonbetter flavor fit
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, olive, butter, onion, clove, garlic, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

Angel Hair De LA Mer