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Cucumber Sandwiches III

"Really great appetizer for the summer or anytime. Every time I have served these everyone wants the recipe...and they're so easy! Just be sure to refrigerate the cream cheese mixture overnight!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Cucumber Sandwiches III

Why it works: Cucumber and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cucumber Sandwiches III

35 servings
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

652Calories
22 gProtein
17 gFat
101 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salad Dressingnot 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.

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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. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  2. Cream cheese + dilltop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together156 recipes

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

  3. Cream cheese + cucumbertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  4. Bread + cucumbertop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together344 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Cream cheese + breadtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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 (cream cheese, bread, cucumber):

  1. Capersfits about as well
  2. Dillthe original
  3. Garlicfits about as well
  4. Mintfits less well

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