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Stuffed Burgers

Why it works: Blue cheese and roquefort cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Stuffed Burgers

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

904Calories
59 gProtein
64 gFat
23 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Roquefort Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Blue Cheese1 oz (28g)100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Oregano1 tsp dried (1.8g)5
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5

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.

Explore the science

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. Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  2. Blue cheese + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1 recipe

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  4. Lemon + oreganotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together784 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Oregano + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,443 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (blue cheese, feta cheese, oregano, onion, roquefort cheese, beef, olive):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Grapefits about as well
  3. Pearfits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against blue cheese, feta cheese, oregano, onion, roquefort cheese, beef, olive. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.