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Antipasto Stromboli Panini…and a Visit to the King’s Hawaiian Bakery!

I was up in Los Angeles last week for a tour of the King's Hawaiian Bakery when Courtney Taira - a member of the Taira family, who founded and owns the company

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Antipasto Stromboli Panini…and a Visit to the King’s Hawaiian Bakery!

Why it works: Olive and basil are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,063 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Antipasto Stromboli Panini…and a Visit to the King’s Hawaiian Bakery!

Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

551Calories
20 gProtein
8 gFat
98 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By paninihappy. 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. Olive + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Basil + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,294 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Bread + olivetop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,091 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Olive + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Prosciutto + salamitop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

Swap the basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, olive, prosciutto, salami, pepper):

  1. Basilthe original
  2. Garlicfits about as well
  3. Parsleyfits about as well
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, olive, prosciutto, salami, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.