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Thanksgiving Turkey Panini

A sandwich made with leftovers from the Thanksgiving dinner is traditional, but a panini can be every bit as memorable as the big feast. Enjoy crisp, golden toast filled with tender slices of turkey, provolone cheese and stuffing, balanced with a touch of piquant cranberry relish and creamy gravy.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Thanksgiving Turkey Panini

Why it works: Olive and cranberry match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 143 recipes. Both carry 2-undecenal, which smells sweet. The science ↓

Thanksgiving Turkey Panini

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

579Calories
47 gProtein
33 gFat
25 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Provolone Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Cranberry1 cup raw (100g)46
Relishnot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0
Stuffingnot 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 williamssonoma. 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 + cranberrytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together143 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  2. Turkey + cranberrytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together97 recipes

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

  3. Olive + provolone cheesetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together221 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  4. Turkey + meattop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together540 recipes

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

  5. Turkey + milktop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together281 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the cranberry

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, milk, olive, provolone cheese, meat):

  1. Cranberrythe original
  2. Plumfits about as well
  3. Figfits about as well
  4. Avocadofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, milk, olive, provolone cheese, meat. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.