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Summer Time Cucumber Sandwiches

"I was surprised this recipe wasn't listed. One of my favorite summer snacks! You can use fat free cream cheese and mayo if you would like to cut back on the calories. Either way they are yummy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Summer Time Cucumber Sandwiches

Why it works: Cucumber and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Summer Time Cucumber Sandwiches

15 appetizers
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

353Calories
12 gProtein
24 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Rye Bread1 slice (32g)83
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Ranch1 tbsp (15g) dressing73
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Cocktailnot 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. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  2. Rye + dilltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cream cheese + ranchtop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Rye + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together59 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  5. Rye + cucumbertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, ranch, rye, bread, cucumber):

  1. Dillthe original
  2. Garlicfits about as well
  3. Capersfits less well
  4. Celeryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, ranch, rye, bread, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.