Fill in the blank (_) in the following sentence from the following choices.
Sentence: The recipe that I used this time was better than my old dish, because the _ was tasteless.

Choice 1: The recipe that I used this time was better than my old dish, because the recipe was tasteless.
Choice 2: The recipe that I used this time was better than my old dish, because the dish was tasteless.
Which of the choices is correct? Respond with only "1" or "2" and no additional text.
2
2. The sentence should be "The recipe that I used this time was better than my old dish, because the _ was tasteless." So