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Baked Cauliflower Casserole

"This makes a great breakfast entree or a nice side dish. Most people will not know they are eating cauliflower."

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Baked Cauliflower Casserole

Why it works: Mushroom and olive are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,571 recipes. Both carry trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Baked Cauliflower Casserole

8 servings
Prep20 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1185Calories
55 gProtein
45 gFat
141 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Cottage Cheese1/2 cup (113g) 2%98
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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

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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. Mushroom + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,571 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  2. Onion + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together29,779 recipes

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

  3. Cauliflower + peppertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Onion + mushroomtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,626 recipes

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

  5. Onion + cauliflowertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together935 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, mushroom, pepper, olive, egg, flour, cottage cheese):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, mushroom, pepper, olive, egg, flour, cottage cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.