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Portillo’s Style Italian Beef and Cheddar Croissants

For those of you who do not have Portillo’s near you (I am so sorry), this is your chance to make the next best thing!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Portillo’s Style Italian Beef and Cheddar Croissants

Why it works: Olive and garlic are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25,665 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Portillo’s Style Italian Beef and Cheddar Croissants

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

498Calories
34 gProtein
38 gFat
4 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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 + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

  3. Pepper + beeftop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together30,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Beef + olivetop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,220 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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 (pepper, beef, olive, cheddar cheese):

  1. Rosemaryfits about as well
  2. Garlicthe original
  3. Oreganofits about as well
  4. Thymefits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, beef, olive, cheddar cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.