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Miso Paste Ham Sandwich

"An alternative ham and cheese sandwich that uses miso and wasabi instead of the traditional mustard and mayonnaise to give it a zesty flavor."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Miso and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 11 recipes mention both. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

1 sandwich
Prep1 min
Cook2 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, soy (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. Toasted bread is already prepared, so set both slices out on a plate.

  2. In a small bowl, stir the miso paste into the mayonnaise until smooth. If using, stir in the wasabi paste (optional) to taste.

  3. Spread the miso mayonnaise evenly over one slice of toast.

  4. Warm the ham slices in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 1 minute, turning once, until heated through.

  5. Lay the warm ham, Cheddar cheese slice and lettuce leaf on the spread toast, then top with the second slice of toast and cut if desired.

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. Miso + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together11 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Bread + hamtop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,536 recipes

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

  3. Miso + wasabitop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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

  5. Wheat + lettucetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together105 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the wasabi

The recipe marks wasabi as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, bread, miso, ham, lettuce, cheddar cheese):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Asparagusbetter flavor fit
  4. Wasabithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, bread, miso, ham, lettuce, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).