Name: Stuffed Sliders Your Way
Yield: Makes about 30 (2-inch) sliders
Ingredients: 3 pounds ground beef, turkey, lamb, or pork; 2 large eggs, lightly beaten; 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese; 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley (or other fresh herbs; see Cooks' Notes); 2 small garlic cloves, crushed with a garlic press; 6 ounces Cheddar, feta, Saga blue cheese, Gouda, Pepper Jack, or whatever cheese you're partial to, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 30 (2-inch; a.k.a. party size) soft rolls, such as potato and brioche, or mini pitas; lettuce, sliced tomatoes, coleslaw, pickles, sliced raw onion and/or sautéed golden brown onions (see Cooks' Notes), ketchup, barbecue sauce, and garlic yogurt sauce (see Cooks' Notes)

Why it works: Parmesan cheese and blue cheese share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34 recipes. Both carry ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells fruity, apple. The science ↓

Stuffed Sliders Your Way

Makes about 30 (2-inch) sliders

Ingredients

3 pounds ground beef, turkey, lamb, or pork
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley (or other fresh herbs; see Cooks' Notes)
2 small garlic cloves, crushed with a garlic press
6 ounces Cheddar, feta, Saga blue cheese, Gouda, Pepper Jack, or whatever cheese you're partial to, chilled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
30 (2-inch; a.k.a. party size) soft rolls, such as potato and brioche, or mini pitas
lettuce, sliced tomatoes, coleslaw, pickles, sliced raw onion and/or sautéed golden brown onions (see Cooks' Notes), ketchup, barbecue sauce, and garlic yogurt sauce (see Cooks' Notes)

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1921Calories

177 gProtein

104 gFat

65 gCarbs

Counts 18 of 21 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 18 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Lamb	100g cooked	294
Beef	100g cooked	250
Pork	100g cooked	242
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Cheddar Cheese	1 oz (28g)	113
Feta Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Parmesan Cheese	1 oz (28g)	110
Blue Cheese	1 oz (28g)	100
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Lettuce	1 cup shredded (36g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Gouda	not in our table	0
Brioche	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By epicurious. 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.

Parmesan cheese + blue cheesetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together34 recipes

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

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,517 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Parsley + garlictop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Parsley + potatotop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,855 recipes

Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).
Parsley + clovetop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,768 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, egg, parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, blue cheese, potato):

Thymefits better
Pepperfits better
Celeryfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, egg, parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, blue cheese, potato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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