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Turkey Sandwiches with Cranberry Sauce

"This recipe makes a hot, delicious sandwich with a Thanksgiving taste!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Turkey and cranberry share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 97 recipes mention both. Both carry trans-2-decenal, which smells waxy, orange. The science ↓

The recipe

4 servings
Prep15 min
Cook2 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (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. Preheat the oven broiler on high and set a rack about 6 inches (15 cm) from the heat.

  2. Cut the French bread into 4 portions and split each portion horizontally. Spread the cut sides with the margarine.

  3. Place the bread cut side up on a baking sheet and broil for 1 to 2 minutes until golden. Watch closely so it does not burn.

  4. Warm the precooked bacon slices in a microwave or skillet until hot and crisp, about 1 minute in a skillet over medium heat.

  5. Stir the jellied cranberry sauce with a fork to loosen it. Spread it on the top halves of the bread, and spread the mayonnaise on the bottom halves.

  6. Layer the deli turkey, then provolone, on the bottom bread halves. Melt the cheese under the broiler for about 30 seconds if you like it warm.

  7. Add the bacon, tomato slices and lettuce leaves on top of the melted cheese.

  8. Close each sandwich with the cranberry-topped bread half and serve right away.

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. Turkey + cranberrytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together97 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,654 recipes

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

  3. Cranberry + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  4. Bread + tomatotop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,013 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Cranberry + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, turkey, meat, provolone cheese, cranberry, sauce, tomato):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Mustardabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Lettucethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, turkey, meat, provolone cheese, cranberry, sauce, tomato. 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).