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Cuban Midnight Sandwich

"This sandwich is called a 'Media Noche' which translates to 'Midnight.' It makes a wonderful dinner sandwich because it is served hot. A nice side dish is black bean soup or black beans and rice, and plantain chips."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cuban Midnight Sandwich

Why it works: Mustard and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 560 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cuban Midnight Sandwich

4 sandwiches
Prep20 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

719Calories
72 gProtein
45 gFat
3 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Meatnot 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. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

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

  2. Mustard + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,950 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Dill + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,223 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Mustard + swiss cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together175 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Ham + swiss cheesetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mustard, turkey, meat, ham, swiss cheese, olive):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, turkey, meat, ham, swiss cheese, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.