Name: Turkey, Bacon Lattice and Havarti Panini
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Ingredients: 8 slices bacon; 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature; 8 slices levain or other rustic bread, sliced from a dense bakery loaf; 4 tablespoons Green goddess dressing or mayonnaise; 8 ounces turkey breast, sliced; 2 plum tomatoes (such as Roma), thinly sliced and seeded; 4 slices havarti cheese

Why it works: Plum and tomato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,480 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Turkey, Bacon Lattice and Havarti Panini

Prep15 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

8 slices bacon
4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
8 slices levain or other rustic bread, sliced from a dense bakery loaf
4 tablespoons Green goddess dressing or mayonnaise
8 ounces turkey breast, sliced
2 plum tomatoes (such as Roma), thinly sliced and seeded
4 slices havarti cheese

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1008Calories

62 gProtein

35 gFat

108 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Cheese	1 oz (28g) cheddar	113
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Bacon	1 slice cooked (8g)	43
Plum	1 medium (66g)	30
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22

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

By paninihappy. 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.

Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,480 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together27,232 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Bread + cheesetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,130 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together7,962 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Bread + tomatotop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,013 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the plum

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

Figfits about as well
Plumthe original
Applefits about as well
Grapefits about as well

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

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