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Cheesy Steak & Mushroom Panini with Steak Fries

Crisp fries are the perfect accompaniment to these this hearty sandwiches, which are filled with thinly sliced sirloin steak, sautéed vegetables and provolone cheese.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and provolone cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 62 recipes mention both. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mushroom + provolone cheesetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together62 recipes

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

  2. Potato + oniontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9,019 recipes

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

  3. Potato + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,688 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  4. Olive + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together4,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Potato + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8,303 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

Flavor stand-ins for the potato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, pepper, olive, mushroom, onion, provolone cheese, ketchup):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatothe original
  4. Mustardabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, pepper, olive, mushroom, onion, provolone cheese, ketchup. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).