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Cucumber and Dill Finger Sandwiches

"Dig into these tasty finger sandwiches at your next afternoon tea. Creamy, rich goat cheese subtly seasoned with dill and garlic will have even your most discerning tea partiers reaching for seconds."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Cucumber and Dill Finger Sandwiches

Why it works: Lemon and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 976 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Cucumber and Dill Finger Sandwiches

4 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

819Calories
25 gProtein
24 gFat
126 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Garlic1 clove (3g)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. Lemon + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

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

  2. Dill + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  3. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Garlic + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Olive + cucumbertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, goat cheese, lemon, dill, garlic, bread, cucumber):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Basilfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, goat cheese, lemon, dill, garlic, bread, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.