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Cheesy Mediterranean Bacon Quesadilla

By pickypalate · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Cheesy Mediterranean Bacon Quesadilla

Why it works: Mozzarella cheese and feta cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 60 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Cheesy Mediterranean Bacon Quesadilla

4 Servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

392Calories
20 gProtein
23 gFat
27 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Feta Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Burritonot 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 pickypalate. 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. Mozzarella cheese + feta cheesetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together60 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Olive + feta cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,482 recipes

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

  5. Mozzarella cheese + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,773 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 parsley

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mozzarella cheese, pepper, olive, feta cheese):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Garlicfits better
  4. Parsleythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mozzarella cheese, pepper, olive, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.