Name: Bruschetta with Leeks, Goat Cheese, and Bacon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 8 slices Good French Bread; 6 slices Butter, For Toasting Bread; 2 whole Thin Bacon, Cut Into Bits; 4 ounces, weight Leeks, Sliced Thin And Washed If Needed

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 ↓

Bruschetta with Leeks, Goat Cheese, and Bacon

Serves 8

Prep5 min

Cook15 min

Ingredients

8 slices Good French Bread
6 slices Butter, For Toasting Bread
2 whole Thin Bacon, Cut Into Bits
4 ounces, weight Leeks, Sliced Thin And Washed If Needed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

644Calories

17 gProtein

16 gFat

105 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43

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.

Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Bread + leektop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together279 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
Butter + leektop 15% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together848 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

Swap the leek

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

Leekthe original
Potatofits about as well
Tomatofits about as well
Shallotfits about as well

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

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