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Bacon, Goat Cheese and Pineapple Turkey Burgers

Hearty turkey and bacon burgers, with creamy goat cheese and tangy pineapple—a new twist on burgers just in time for grilling season!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Bacon, Goat Cheese and Pineapple Turkey Burgers

Why it works: Pepper and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 4,382 recipes. Both carry methyl cinnamate, which smells strawberry. The science ↓

Bacon, Goat Cheese and Pineapple Turkey Burgers

Serves 4
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

834Calories
68 gProtein
45 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Goat Cheese1 oz (28g)103
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Toppingnot in our table0

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. Pepper + cumintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,382 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  2. Pepper + pineappletop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together533 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  3. Sauce + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Pepper + goat cheesetop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together466 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Turkey + peppertop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,636 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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, pepper, sauce, sugar, pineapple, goat cheese):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against turkey, pepper, sauce, sugar, pineapple, goat cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.