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Lemon Sandwiches

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook · 2 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and orange match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Lemon Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

74Calories
2 gProtein
0 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12

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

Recipe from a historical cookbook.

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Lemon + orangetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

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

  2. Orange + cheesetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together286 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (buttery, creamy).

  3. Lemon + cheesetop 29% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,154 recipes

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

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (orange, cheese):

  1. Figfits better
  2. Applefits better
  3. Grapefits better
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against orange, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.