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Cucumber Sandwiches II

"Very tasty and easy to assemble -- these open-faced appetizer bites are a real summertime treat! They're great at picnics and cookouts."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Cream cheese and cucumber work together. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and 134 recipes mention both. Both carry hexyl acetate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

15 servings
Prep30 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Let the cream cheese soften at room temperature if it is not already soft, then place it in a mixing bowl.

  2. Add the sour cream and the dry Italian-style dressing mix to the cream cheese.

  3. Beat with an electric mixer or stir with a spoon until the mixture is smooth and evenly combined.

  4. Cut the cocktail rye loaf into thin bite-sized rounds or squares.

  5. Spread a generous layer of the cream cheese mixture over each piece of bread.

  6. Drain the cucumber slices on a clean towel to remove excess moisture.

  7. Arrange a cucumber slice on top of each spread piece of bread.

  8. Refrigerate the sandwiches for about 30 minutes so the spread firms up before serving.

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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Cream cheese + cucumbertop 7% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together134 recipes

    Shared aroma: hexyl acetate (fruity, apple).

  2. Cream cheese + creamtop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,087 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  3. Cream cheese + breadtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together166 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Rye + breadtop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Bread + cucumbertop 11% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together340 recipes

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

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