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Why it works: Mustard and lettuce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,356 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: egg, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

  1. Spread one half of the roll with the mayo, the other half with the mustard. Place the burger on the bottom half, and top with the pineapple, water chestnuts and a dollop of the apple sauce. Sprinkle with the toasted almonds and top with the shredded lettuce or sprouts. Place the top half of the roll on it, and sit down to eat!

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mustard + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,356 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Pineapple + appletop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together529 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  3. Water chestnut + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together45 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Almond + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together210 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Wheat + almondtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-methylbutanol (malty, whiskey).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, pineapple, water chestnut, almond, sauce, mustard, lettuce):

  1. Avocadobetter flavor fit
  2. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  3. Limebetter flavor fit
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, pineapple, water chestnut, almond, sauce, mustard, lettuce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

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