Skip to main content

Easy Blueberries and Cream French Toast Sandwich with Orange Maple Syrup

"Fresh blueberries and cream cheese sandwiched between two slices of bread, topped off with homemade orange maple syrup."

Jump to recipe ↓
Easy Blueberries and Cream French Toast Sandwich with Orange Maple Syrup

Why it works: Wheat and bread match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 209 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Easy Blueberries and Cream French Toast Sandwich with Orange Maple Syrup

4 sandwiches
Prep15 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

738Calories
21 gProtein
37 gFat
81 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Blueberry1 cup (148g)84
Wheat Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8

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.

Explore the science

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. Wheat + breadtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together209 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  2. Orange + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,402 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Orange + wheattop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together193 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Bread + eggtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Red wine + orangetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together288 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red wine, maple syrup, pepper, wheat, bread, cream cheese, egg):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Plumfits better
  4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against red wine, maple syrup, pepper, wheat, bread, cream cheese, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.