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Sassy Tailgate Sandwiches

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By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Sassy Tailgate Sandwiches

Why it works: Gruyere cheese and cream cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 20 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Sassy Tailgate Sandwiches

12 servings
Prep35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1175Calories
61 gProtein
53 gFat
109 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Gruyere Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Parmesan Cheese1 oz (28g)110
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Spreadnot 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. Gruyere cheese + cream cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together20 recipes

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

  2. Chive + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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

  4. Bread + hamtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,536 recipes

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

  5. Cream cheese + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,747 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

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

Swap the chive

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, ham, gruyere cheese, onion, cream cheese, spread, butter):

  1. Potatofits about as well
  2. Chivethe original
  3. Mustardfits about as well
  4. Tomatofits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, ham, gruyere cheese, onion, cream cheese, spread, butter. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.