Why it works: Goat cheese and mango share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 18% of all ingredient pairs, and 4 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓
The recipe
1 servingIngredients
Contains: 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.
Spread the goat cheese evenly over one slice of sourdough bread. Spread the mango chutney over the other slice.
Press the two slices together so the cheese and chutney face each other, forming a sandwich.
Spread the butter evenly over the outer sides of both bread slices.
Heat a skillet over medium heat until warm. Add the sandwich and cook for about 3 minutes, until the bottom is golden brown.
Flip the sandwich carefully and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes, until golden and the goat cheese has softened.
Remove from the pan, rest for 1 minute, then cut in half and serve warm.
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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.
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Goat cheese + mangotop 18% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together4 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
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Bread + buttertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together27,145 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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Goat cheese + buttertop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together183 recipes
Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).
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Mango + buttertop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together277 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).
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Bread + mangotop 13% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together10 recipes
Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
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