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Chopped Salad Sub Sandwich

"Toasted slices of Italian bread are topped with a dressed crisp green salad with salami and cubed cheese and sprinkled with crumbled blue cheese."

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Why it works: Olive and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,164 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

The recipe

4 sandwiches
Prep25 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Toast the four bread slices in a toaster or in a dry skillet over medium heat until golden on both sides, then set aside.

  2. In a large bowl, whisk the white wine vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt and black pepper together.

  3. Slowly whisk in the olive oil until the dressing looks smooth and slightly thickened.

  4. Add the drained diced tomatoes, chopped romaine, chopped turkey salami, cubed provolone or mozzarella and crumbled blue cheese to the bowl.

  5. Toss everything gently with the dressing until the vegetables, meats and cheeses are evenly coated.

  6. Split each toasted bread slice open or lay it flat on a cutting board.

  7. Spoon the chopped salad mixture evenly over the bottom halves of the four slices.

  8. Top with the remaining bread halves or slices, press lightly, and cut each sandwich in half before serving.

By allrecipes. 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. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Tomato + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,979 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Tomato + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together14,075 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Pepper + basiltop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together5,292 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  5. Olive + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (white wine, vinegar, pepper, olive, tomato, basil, garlic):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Eggplantbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against white wine, vinegar, pepper, olive, tomato, basil, garlic. 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).