Name: Thyme-Roasted Mushroom Grilled Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 whole Large Portobello Mushrooms, Thickly Sliced; 3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 2 teaspoons Dried Thyme; 1 pinch Salt And Pepper, to taste; 8 slices Crusty Bread, Your Preferred Thickness (I Used A Sourdough Bread); 4 teaspoons Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature; ¼ cups Goat Cheese; ½ cups Parmesan Cheese, Shredded; ½ cups Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded

Why it works: Goat cheese and parmesan cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 75 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Thyme-Roasted Mushroom Grilled Cheese

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook30 min

Ingredients

4 whole Large Portobello Mushrooms, Thickly Sliced
3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 teaspoons Dried Thyme
1 pinch Salt And Pepper, to taste
8 slices Crusty Bread, Your Preferred Thickness (I Used A Sourdough Bread)
4 teaspoons Unsalted Butter, Room Temperature
¼ cups Goat Cheese
½ cups Parmesan Cheese, Shredded
½ cups Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1092Calories

42 gProtein

49 gFat

120 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Goat Cheese	1 oz (28g)	103
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Sourdough	1 slice (36g)	93
Mozzarella Cheese	1 oz (28g)	85
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Thyme	1 tsp dried (1.4g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Goat cheese + parmesan cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together75 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple).
Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,585 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Olive + thymetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,948 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).
Mushroom + thymetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,557 recipes

Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,199 recipes

Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

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

Swap the thyme

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mushroom, olive, pepper, bread, butter, goat cheese, parmesan cheese):

Thymethe original
Garlicfits about as well
Parsleyfits less well
Basilfits less well

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

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