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Grown Up Grilled Cheese Sandwich

"As I have evolved, so has my beloved grilled cheese sandwich! It has 3 types of cheeses and a kick. It will make you feel so grown up just eating it."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Grown Up Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Why it works: Tomato and basil are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,979 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Grown Up Grilled Cheese Sandwich

2 sandwiches
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

750Calories
28 gProtein
58 gFat
36 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Wheat Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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.

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 their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tomato + basiltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Tomato + avocadotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,385 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Wheat + avocadotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together57 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the avocado

The recipe marks avocado as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, wheat, bread, cheese, tomato, basil, pepper):

  1. Avocadothe original
  2. Cherryfits about as well
  3. Plumfits about as well
  4. Lemonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, wheat, bread, cheese, tomato, basil, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.