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Fontina, Apricot and Chocolate Grilled Cheese

This grilled cheese sandwich is the perfect blend of sweet and savory. It is filled with thick slices of fontina cheese, rich chocolate spread and sweet apricot jam!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Fontina, Apricot and Chocolate Grilled Cheese

Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Fontina, Apricot and Chocolate Grilled Cheese

Serves 2
Prep5 min
Cook8 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

935Calories
26 gProtein
31 gFat
134 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chocolate Spread1 oz (28g) semisweet155
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Sourdough1 slice (36g)93
Apricot1 medium (35g)17

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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,130 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Butter + apricottop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,458 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Bread + apricottop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together178 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

Swap the apricot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, butter, cheese, chocolate, spread):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Figfits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Apricotthe original

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