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Wild Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Sandwich

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Wild Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Sandwich

Why it works: Shiitake and chanterelle share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

Wild Mushroom and Roasted Garlic Sandwich

6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

794Calories
21 gProtein
28 gFat
114 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shiitake1/2 cup (73g)34
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Oyster Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Chanterellenot 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 epicurious. 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. Shiitake + chanterelletop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

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

  2. Shiitake + oyster mushroomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Shiitake + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together292 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

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

  5. Oyster mushroom + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, butter, mushroom, shiitake, oyster mushroom, chanterelle, pepper):

  1. Thymefits about as well
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Parsleyfits less well
  4. Tarragonfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, butter, mushroom, shiitake, oyster mushroom, chanterelle, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.