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Cold Southwestern Bow Tie Pasta

"An easy pasta salad bursting with flavor. It is fantastic for your next potluck. But bring a lot, it goes fast!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Cold Southwestern Bow Tie Pasta

Why it works: Lime and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Cold Southwestern Bow Tie Pasta

6 servings
Prep20 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

874Calories
25 gProtein
40 gFat
116 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Pasta1 cup cooked (140g)220
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Black Bean1/2 cup canned (120g) drained114
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
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. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Cumin + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,188 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Pasta + beanstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together176 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Pasta + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,079 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pasta, olive, lime, cumin, pepper, corn, beans):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pasta, olive, lime, cumin, pepper, corn, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.