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Beefsteak Tomato, Butterhead Lettuce, and Bacon with Blue Cheese Dressing

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Blue cheese and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 89 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Blue cheese + lettucetop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together89 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Lettuce + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,654 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Cider + vinegartop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together402 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol (smoky, clove).

  4. Milk + blue cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together119 recipes

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

  5. Cider + blue cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4 recipes

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

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