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The Munroe Melt

"I created this sandwich one weekend when I couldn't decide whether to have turkey, roast beef, or ham. This sandwich has all three! You can substitute Italian roast beef for the regular roast beef to take this sandwich to another level. Most supermarket delis carry the Italian, you just have to ask. Also, the order of the ingredients is important for all of the tastes to blend properly."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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The Munroe Melt

Why it works: Swiss 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 65 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

The Munroe Melt

1 sandwich
Prep5 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

981Calories
106 gProtein
56 gFat
8 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3

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. Swiss cheese + cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

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

  2. Beef + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

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

  3. Turkey + beeftop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together248 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Mustard + cheesetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,805 recipes

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

  5. Mustard + tomatotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,482 recipes

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

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, swiss cheese, ham, beef, tomato, cheese):

  1. Potatofits about as well
  2. Capsicumfits about as well
  3. Onionfits about as well
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, swiss cheese, ham, beef, tomato, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.