Name: Deviled Ham and Pickle Sandwiches
Yield: Makes 4 sandwiches
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups chopped; (1/2 pound); 1/3 cup mayonnaise; 2 teaspoons grainy mustard; 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce; 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco; Sliced cornichons or dill pickles; Thinly sliced sweet onion; 8 slices sandwich bread

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 ↓

Deviled Ham and Pickle Sandwiches

Makes 4 sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

593Calories

22 gProtein

7 gFat

108 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together560 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,259 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Dill + oniontop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,639 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Mustard + saucetop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,120 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Onion + breadtop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together8,676 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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, sauce, onion, bread):

Capersfits better
Garlicfits better
Celeryfits better
Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mustard, sauce, onion, bread. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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