Name: Grilled Cuban Sandwich
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 loaf Cuban bread, sliced lengthwise; 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened; 3 tablespoons yellow mustard, or to taste; 1 1/2 pounds boiled ham, sliced; 1 1/2 pounds; , sliced; 1 pound Swiss cheese, sliced; 1 cup dill pickle chips, or to taste

Why it works: Mustard and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 560 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Grilled Cuban Sandwich

Serves 8

Ingredients

1 loaf Cuban bread, sliced lengthwise
1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened
3 tablespoons yellow mustard, or to taste
1 1/2 pounds boiled ham, sliced
1 1/2 pounds
, sliced
1 pound Swiss cheese, sliced
1 cup dill pickle chips, or to taste

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

914Calories

48 gProtein

35 gFat

97 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Pork	100g cooked	242
Swiss Cheese	1 oz (28g)	108
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Mustard	1 tsp (5g) yellow	3

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

By epicurious. 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.

Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together560 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Bread + hamtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,536 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
Butter + swiss cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together413 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Mustard + swiss cheesetop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together175 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, mustard, ham, swiss cheese):

Capersfits better
Thymefits better
Celeryfits better
Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, butter, mustard, ham, swiss cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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