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Bolognese Stuffed Bell Peppers

"This Bolognese filling is spicy, meaty, and creamy. If you're in a hurry you can serve it over pasta instead of filling the peppers, just omit the rice. (If stuffing, orzo makes a great alternative to rice.)"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Bolognese Stuffed Bell Peppers

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 ↓

Bolognese Stuffed Bell Peppers

6 servings
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr 20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

896Calories
47 gProtein
46 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Seednot 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 allrecipes. 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. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

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

  5. Rice + carrottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,477 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, olive, carrot, pepper, beef, sauce, red wine):

  1. Thymefits about as well
  2. Parsleyfits about as well
  3. Rosemaryfits about as well
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, olive, carrot, pepper, beef, sauce, red wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.