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Cuban-Style Burgers with Grilled Ham & Cheese

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Cuban-Style Burgers with Grilled Ham & Cheese

Why it works: Garlic and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Cuban-Style Burgers with Grilled Ham & Cheese

Makes 4 burgers

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

660Calories
37 gProtein
54 gFat
8 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sesame Seed1 tbsp (9g)52
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Tabasco Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0
Relishnot in our table0

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.

  1. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Garlic + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Cumin + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together208 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, pepper, sauce, ham, cheese, sesame, butter):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, pepper, sauce, ham, cheese, sesame, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.