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Grilled Apple and Swiss Cheese Sandwich

"My mother taught me this recipe, and it has become one of my favorite quick meals. I find that Granny Smith apples work best, as well as a crunchy seed bread."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Apple and swiss cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 18 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The recipe

1 sandwich
Prep10 min
Cook5 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. Brush one side of each bread slice lightly with the olive oil.

  2. Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat for about 2 minutes.

  3. Place one slice of bread oil side down in the skillet. Layer the apple slices and shredded Swiss cheese on top, then cover with the second slice, oil side up.

  4. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the bottom is golden brown and the cheese starts to melt.

  5. Flip the sandwich carefully and cook another 2 to 3 minutes until the second side is golden and the cheese is fully melted.

  6. Remove from the skillet, let rest 1 minute, then cut in half and serve warm.

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. Apple + swiss cheesetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together18 recipes

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

  2. Wheat + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together937 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  3. Bread + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together999 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Wheat + breadtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together196 recipes

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

  5. Olive + swiss cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together187 recipes

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

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