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Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich

"I first had this sandwich at a small restaurant and immediately went home to duplicate the recipe. I've been making my grilled cheese sandwiches this way ever since!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Why it works: Provolone cheese and cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 72 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwich

1 sandwich
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

792Calories
28 gProtein
30 gFat
101 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Saucenot 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. Provolone cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together72 recipes

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

  2. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

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

  3. Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

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

  4. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

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

  5. Bread + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,013 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, sauce, provolone cheese, cheese):

  1. Tomatothe original
  2. Mustardfits about as well
  3. Onionfits less well
  4. Capsicumfits less well

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