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Stuffed French Toast II

"This is a nice change from ordinary French toast. I make this more than the standard recipe. Although this is my family's favorite version, it is very versatile. You can substitute peanut butter for the cream cheese, use different jams or preserves, different extracts or spices - the options are practically limitless! Serve with maple syrup and sprinkle with powdered sugar."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 27,145 recipes mention both. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat, tree nuts (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. Spread the softened cream cheese evenly over 4 slices of the oatnut bread.

  2. Spread the raspberry jam over the other 4 slices, then press each jam side onto a cream cheese side to make 4 sandwiches.

  3. In a shallow dish, whisk the beaten eggs with the milk and almond extract until smooth.

  4. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.

  5. Dip each sandwich into the egg mixture, letting it soak for a few seconds on each side so the bread absorbs the custard.

  6. Cook the sandwiches in the skillet for 2 to 3 minutes per side, until golden brown and the egg is fully set, about 160°F (71°C) in the center.

  7. Add more butter to the skillet as needed between batches.

  8. Cut each sandwich in half diagonally and serve warm.

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. Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,145 recipes

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

  2. Milk + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together81,222 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  3. Cream cheese + buttertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,746 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Raspberry + almondtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together547 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  5. Bread + milktop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together11,363 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, cream cheese, raspberry, egg, milk, butter):

  1. Pecansbetter flavor fit
  2. Peasabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Almondthe original
  4. Walnutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, cream cheese, raspberry, egg, milk, butter. 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).