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Italian Heroes

"These flavorful sandwiches can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge for later. They are full of flavor and you can vary the ingredients to your taste."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Italian Heroes

Why it works: Artichoke and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 600 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Italian Heroes

4 sandwiches
Prep10 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

342Calories
14 gProtein
22 gFat
27 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Artichoke1 medium (128g)60
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Arugula1 cup (20g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4

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. Artichoke + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together600 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Artichoke + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together745 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  4. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Artichoke + clovetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together175 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the arugula

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (artichoke, clove, garlic, olive, pepper, salami, provolone cheese):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Arugulathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against artichoke, clove, garlic, olive, pepper, salami, provolone cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.