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Malmo Meatball Subs

Serve a sandwich with a difference - these Swedish meatball rolls are flavoured with caraway and served with cucumber, dill and cranberry

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Malmo Meatball Subs

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 ↓

Malmo Meatball Subs

Makes 16 meatballs for 8 subs
Prep35 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

999Calories
49 gProtein
22 gFat
150 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Fennel1/2 bulb (87g)27
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Carawaynot in our table0
Seednot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Sunflower + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Sunflower + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together85 recipes

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

  4. Vinegar + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,734 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).

  5. Vinegar + dilltop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together659 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

Swap the dill

The recipe marks dill as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, white wine, vinegar, sugar, cucumber, cranberry, sauce):

  1. Tarragonfits better
  2. Cinnamonfits better
  3. Peppermintfits about as well
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, white wine, vinegar, sugar, cucumber, cranberry, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.