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
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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Explore the science
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.
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Mustard + lettucetop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,356 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Pineapple + appletop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together529 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).
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Water chestnut + lettucetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together45 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Almond + lettucetop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together210 recipes
Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
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Wheat + almondtop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned 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):
- Avocadobetter flavor fit
- Coconutbetter flavor fit
- Limebetter flavor fit
- 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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