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The Ultimate Cheeseburger

Quality beef, a savory seasoning, melted cheese, crisp vegetables and our secret sauce add up to the ultimate burger. Serve these loaded burgers with plenty of napkins alongside!

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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The Ultimate Cheeseburger

Why it works: Sesame and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 193 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The Ultimate Cheeseburger

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

490Calories
38 gProtein
29 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Sesame Seed1 tbsp (9g)52
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Saucenot 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. Sesame + lettucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together193 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Sesame + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Dill + lettucetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together159 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Tomato + lettucetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,655 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, cheese, sesame, tomato, onion, lettuce, sauce):

  1. Garlicfits better
  2. Capersfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, cheese, sesame, tomato, onion, lettuce, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.