Name: Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter, softened; 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish mustard; 2 tablespoons chopped onions; 1 teaspoon poppy seeds; 1 teaspoon dill seed; 8 slices Swiss cheese; 8 slices cooked ham; 8 hamburger buns

Why it works: Horseradish and mustard match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,832 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Hot Ham and Cheese Sandwiches

8 servings

Prep10 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

753Calories

62 gProtein

49 gFat

12 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Beef	100g cooked	250
Pork	100g cooked	242
Swiss Cheese	1 oz (28g)	108
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Dill Seed	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3
Horseradish	not in our table	0
Poppy Seed	not in our table	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.

Horseradish + mustardtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,832 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Horseradish + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together134 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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).
Horseradish + oniontop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,784 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the poppy seed

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, horseradish, mustard, onion, dill, swiss cheese, ham):

Capersfits better
Thymefits better
Tarragonfits better
Poppy seedthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, horseradish, mustard, onion, dill, swiss cheese, ham. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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