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Monte Cristo Hotdog

"A unique experience. I was craving a Monte Cristo one day but we didn't have any turkey or ham. I used a hotdog instead."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Monte Cristo Hotdog

Why it works: Butter and swiss cheese work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 413 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Monte Cristo Hotdog

1 hot dog
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

259Calories
9 gProtein
20 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Strawberry Jam1 cup (152g)49
Hot Dognot 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 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. Butter + swiss cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together413 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Beef + swiss cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together153 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Butter + beeftop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,847 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  4. Butter + strawberry jamtop 20% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together170 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  5. Swiss cheese + strawberry jamtop 42% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

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

Swap the strawberry jam

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

  1. Applefits better
  2. Grapefits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Strawberry jamthe original

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