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Grilled Turkey Cuban Sandwiches

"Grilled turkey breast, ham, cheese and pickles in a panini-style sandwich."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Grilled Turkey Cuban Sandwiches

Why it works: Garlic and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Grilled Turkey Cuban Sandwiches

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1175Calories
80 gProtein
41 gFat
118 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Swiss Cheese1 oz (28g)108
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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.

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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. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  2. Clove + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,306 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Cumin + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

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

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (turkey, clove, garlic, canola oil, pepper, bread, honey):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Rosemaryfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, clove, garlic, canola oil, pepper, bread, honey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.